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Off-loading techniques in the treatment of diabetic plantar neuropathic foot ulceration
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Off-loading techniques in the treatment of diabetic plantar neuropathic foot ulceration
Adv Wound Care.
1999 Nov-Dec.
Abstract
In the individual with diabetes mellitus, foot ulceration represents the single most important risk factor in lower-extremity amputation. The goal of treatment is to obtain a healed and closed wound that (1) eliminates a portal of entry for bacterial invasion and development of limb-threatening infection, and (2) allows for tissue loading. This manuscript reviews current off-loading approaches to the treatment of plantar neuropathic foot ulcers, along with advantages and disadvantages of those techniques.
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