Pressure-relieving interventions for treating diabetic foot ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lewis, Jane ^a   Lipp, Allyson ^b  

^a CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRESSURE RELIEVING INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CARE; BANDAGE; DECUBITUS; FOOT ORTHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; SHOE; TENOTOMY; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; BANDAGES; CASTS, SURGICAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT ORTHOSES; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SHOES; TENOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874802462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002302.pub2     Document Type: Review

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