Retrograde Ankle Arthrodesis Using an Intramedullary Nail: A Comparison of Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-306

  Wukich, Dane K ^a   Shen, James Y C ^a   Ramirez, Claudia P ^a   Irrgang, James J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ankle; Arthrodesis; Diabetes; Nail

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; AOFAS ANKLE HINDFOOT SCORE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955008737     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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