A literature-based guide to the conservative and surgical management of the acute Charcot foot and ankle

Diabetic Foot and Ankle

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Schade, Valerie L ^a   Andersen, Charles A ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot collapse; Neuroarthropathy; Peripheral neuropathy; Swollen foot; Total contact cast

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; SALCATONIN;

ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE PROSTHESIS; CAST APPLICATION; CELLULITIS; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT SURGERY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTICS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84931291892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2000625X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/dfa.v6.26627     Document Type: Review

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