Surgical site infections after foot and ankle surgery: A comparison of patients with and without diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2211-2213

  Wukich, Dane K ^a   McMillen, Ryan L ^a   Lowery, Nicholas J ^a   Frykberg, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JOINT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84859090899     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0846     Document Type: Article

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