Long-term efficient management of diabetic foot ulcer using simultaneous foot ulcer closure and surgical off-loading
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Diabetic Foot Ulcer
It is estimated that approximately 15% of diabetic people world-wide will at some stage develop diabetic foot ulceration. The prevalence of active foot ulceration varies from approx‐ imately 1% in certain European and North American studies to more than 11% in reports from some African countries (table 1). Although there have been many developments in recent years which encourage optimism for f...
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عنوان ژورنال: JPRAS Open
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2352-5878
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpra.2021.04.012