Structured health care for subjects with diabetic foot ulcers results in a reduction of major amputation rates

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Weck, Matthias ^a,b   Slesaczeck, Torsten ^a   Paetzold, Hartmut ^a   Muench, Dirk ^a   Nanning, Thomas ^a   Gagern, Georg von ^a   Brechow, Andrej ^a   Dietrich, Ulf ^b   Holfert, Mandy ^b   Bornstein, Stefan ^c   Barthel, Andreas ^c,d   Thomas, Antje ^c   Koehler, Carsta ^c   Hanefeld, Markolf ^c  

^a Weisseritztal Kliniken   (Germany)

^b Klinik Bavaria in Kreischa GmbH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Endokrinologikum MC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCER HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874803790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-45     Document Type: Article

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