Lower-limb amputations in patients with diabetes mellitus

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Pino, Alejandro E ^a   Taghva, Samantha ^c   Chapman, Cary ^b   Bowker, John H ^c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT CARE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; METATARSAL BONE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 83655193440     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20111021-16     Document Type: Article

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