Split-Thickness Skin Grafts for Closure of Diabetic Foot and Ankle Wounds: A Retrospective Review of 83 Patients

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Ramanujam, Crystal L ^a   Stapleton, John J ^b,c   Kilpadi, Krista L ^a   Rodriguez, Roberto H ^a   Jeffries, Luke C ^d   Zgonis, Thomas ^a  

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

^b VSAS Orthopaedics   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Exeter Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankle; diabetes mellitus; diabetic ulceration; foot; split thickness skin grafts

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTER CAST; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79951758103     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640010375114     Document Type: Article

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