Orthopaedic surgery and the diabetic Charcot foot

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 873-882

  Shen, Wei ^a   Wukich, Dane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot; Diabetes; Foot; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTHRODESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EXOSTECTOMY; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC CAST; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHARCOT; DIABETES; FOOT; ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY;

AMPUTATION; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; DIABETIC FOOT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883218447     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2013.03.013     Document Type: Review

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