Diabetic Ulcers: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Clinical guidelines

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN). Guideline for management of wounds in patients with lower-extremity neuropathic disease. Glenview (IL): Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN); 2004. 57 p. (WOCN clinical practice guideline; no. 3).

National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care. Clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes. Prevention and management of foot problems. London (UK): National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE); 2004 Jun. 104 p.

Lipsky BA, Berendt AR, Deery HG, Embil JM, Joseph WS, Karchmer AW, Lefrock JL, Lew DP, Mader JT, Norden C, Tan JS. Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections. Clin Infect Dis 2004 Oct 1;39(7):885-910. ⁴⁷

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). Assessment and management of foot ulcers for people with diabetes. Toronto (ON): Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO); 2005 Mar. 112 p.

Keywords

diabetes, ulcers, diabetic ulcers, diabetic dermal ulcer, diabetic dermal wound, diabetic foot wound, diabetic neuropathic ulceration, intractable plantar wound, neuropathic ulceration, neuropathic wound, silver dressings

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Richard M Stillman, MD, FACS, Honorary Medical Staff, Northwest Medical Center; Former Chief of Staff and Medical Director, Wound Healing Center, Department of Surgery, Northwest Medical Center
Richard M Stillman, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Angiology, American College of Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, and Society of University Surgeons
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Medical Editor

Jeffrey Lawrence Kaufman, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Jeffrey Lawrence Kaufman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Surgeons, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Association for Academic Surgery, Association for Surgical Education, Massachusetts Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Vascular Surgery
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Managing Editor

Vincent Lopez Rowe, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Southern California Medical Center
Vincent Lopez Rowe, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and Society for Vascular Surgery
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CME Editor

Paolo Zamboni, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Day Surgery Unit, Chair of Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Italy
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Chief Editor

William H Pearce, MD, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Violet and Charles Baldwin Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine
William H Pearce, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Heart Association, American Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Association of VA Surgeons, Central Surgical Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Vascular Surgery, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of University Surgeons, and Western Surgical Association
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