NEUROPATHIC FOOT ULCERATION TREATED BY TOTAL CONTACT CASTS

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LAING, PW
COGLEY, DI
KLENERMAN, L
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JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME | 1992年 / 74卷 / 01期
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10.1302/0301-620X.74B1.1732242
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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Ulceration of the insensitive foot continues to cause great morbidity in diabetic patients. We treated 46 patients with neuropathic ulceration by applying total contact casts. Most neuropathic ulcers healed within six weeks but ischaemic ulcers did not heal. One patient developed gangrene and required partial amputation of the foot.
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