Percutaneous flexor tenotomy for preventing and treating toe ulcers in people with diabetes mellitus

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 68-73

  Rasmussen, Anne ^a   Bjerre Christensen, Ulla ^a   Almdal, Thomas Peter ^a   Holstein, Per ^a  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Claw toe hammer toe; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot wounds; Foot surgery; Neuropathic ulcers; Tenotomy; Ulcer prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; MACROALBUMINURIA; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENOTOMY; TOE; WOUND HEALING;

CLAW TOE/HAMMER TOE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT WOUNDS; FOOT SURGERY; NEUROPATHIC ULCERS; TENOTOMY; ULCER PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN ULCER; TENOTOMY; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880281171     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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