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A survey of offloading practices for diabetes-related plantar neuropathic foot ulcers

BACKGROUND: Offloading is key to preventing or healing plantar neuropathic foot ulcers in diabetes. Total contact casts or walkers rendered irremovable are recommended in guidelines as first-line options for offloading, however the use of such devices has been found to be low. This study aimed to in...

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Autores principales: Raspovic, Anita, Landorf, Karl B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25694793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13047-014-0035-8