The consequences of complacency: Managing the effects of unrecognized Charcot feet

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Wukich, D K ^a   Sung, W ^b   Wipf, S A M ^b   Armstrong, D G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Charcot; Diabetes; Foot; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; THERAPY DELAY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AMPUTATION; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651104191     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03141.x     Document Type: Article

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