Skin grafting as a salvage procedure in diabetic foot reconstruction to avoid major limb amputation

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-396

  Yeh, Jiun Ting ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Critical patients; Diabetes mellitus; Foot reconstruction; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE; BONE EXPOSURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; FOREFOOT; FOREFOOT AMPUTATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GANGRENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON EXPOSURE; TOE AMPUTATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TOES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77957353313     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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