A multidisciplinary diabetic foot ulcer treatment programme significantly improved the outcome in patients with infected diabetic foot ulcers

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 867-872

  Chiu, Chong Chi ^a   Huang, Chen Ling ^b   Weng, Shuen Fu ^b   Sun, Lei Ming ^b   Chang, Yu Lien ^b   Tsai, Feng Chou ^b,c  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Liou Ying Township   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Flap; Foot ulcer; Programmes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMPUTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79958027626     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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