Primary closure with a filleted hallux flap after transmetatarsal amputation of the big toe for osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot: A short series of four cases

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-84

  Aerden, Dimitri ^a   Vanmierlo, Bert ^a   Denecker, Nathalie ^a   Brasseur, Lutgart ^a   Keymeulen, Bart ^a   Van Den Brande, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

amputation; diabetic foot; filleted hallux flap; malum perforans; primary closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; GRAFT NECROSIS; HALLUX; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HALLUX; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TOES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84861977685     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734612446640     Document Type: Article

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