Electrical stimulation to accelerate wound healing

Diabetic Foot and Ankle

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Thakral, Gaurav ^a   LaFontaine, Javier ^a   Najafi, Bijan ^b   Talal, Talal K ^c   Kim, Paul ^d   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot ulcer; Electric stimulation therapy; Infection; Perfusion; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; BLOOD VESSEL ULCER; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGIONAL PERFUSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENOUS STASIS ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84884378245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2000625X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/dfa.v4i0.22081     Document Type: Review

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