Partial foot amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 707-716

  Brown, Matthew L ^a   Tang, Wan ^b   Patel, Amar ^c   Baumhauer, Judith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rockhill Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcanectomy; Chopart's amputation; Diabetes mellitus; Transmetatarsal amputation; Transtibial amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; FOOT AMPUTATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AMPUTATION; CALCANEUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEG; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866491708     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0707     Document Type: Article

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