Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Vascular Insufficiency: Our Population Has Changed, but Our Methods Have Not
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Diabetic foot ulcers and vascular insufficiency: our population has changed, but our methods have not.
Diabetic foot complications are increasing in prevalence worldwide. Care and attention to these complications have improved greatly. Many advanced therapies are now being investigated or taken through final stages of clinical studies worldwide. However, the data upon which assumptions regarding morbidity, healing, and mortality have been based are grossly outdated. The purpose of this brief art...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1932-2968,1932-2968
DOI: 10.1177/193229681100500636