Factors Associated With Successful Chopart Amputation in Patients With Diabetes: A Systematic Review

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 278-284

  Schade, Valerie L ^a   Roukis, Thomas S ^a   Yan, Joyce L ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; foot surgery; gangrene; limb salvage; ulceration

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOTICS; REVIEW; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953014767     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640010379635     Document Type: Review

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