Surgical management of charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot and ankle: A systematic review

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-121

  Lowery, Nicholas J ^a   Woods, Jason B ^a   Armstrong, David G ^a   Wukich, Dane K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Charcot neuroarthropathy; CN; Level of evidence; Medline CINAHL

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; CHARCOT NEUROARTHROPATHY; FOOT; HUMAN; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84859045701     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0113     Document Type: Review

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