Efficacy of ozone-oxygen therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1255-1260

  Wainstein, Julio ^a   Feldbrin, Ze'Ev ^a   Boaz, Mona ^a   Harman Boehm, Ilana ^b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OZONE THERAPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OZONE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 82455213035     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: 15578593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2011.0018     Document Type: Article

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