Combined Midfoot Arthrodesis, Muscle Flap Coverage, and Circular External Fixation for the Chronic Ulcerated Charcot Deformity

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Belczyk, Ronald ^a   Ramanujam, Crystal L ^a   Capobianco, Claire M ^a   Zgonis, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; TARSAL JOINT;

ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TARSAL JOINTS;

EID: 77955915591     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640009355058     Document Type: Article

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