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Gangrene of the upper extremity in diabetic patients
LAGAARD SW; MCELFRESH EC; PREMER RF
J BONE JOINT SURG AM , 1989, vol. 71, n° 2, p. 257-264 Doc n°: 44838 Localisation : Documentation IRR Descripteurs : DD855 - INFECTIONS - MAIN-DOIGTS, GA - DIABETE Twenty-two patients who had diabetes mellitus and had needed an amputation for gangrene in an upper extremity at an average age of fifty-one years were identified and followed. The results of amputation in an upper extremity were unsatisfactory - the site of the initial amputation healed in only two of the twenty-two patients In the remaining twenty patients, a total of sixty-three additional operations were performed on an upper extremity, and five of the twenty patients died before the wound had healed. Langue : ANGLAIS Identifiant basis : 1989084497 |
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