The Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Ankle Fracture Treatment

Category: Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is an epidemic affecting millions of individuals in the United States. This presents a challenging clinical problem from a surgical perspective, because of concerns for postoperative complications, including delayed wound healing, infection or...

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Main Authors: Amiethab Aiyer MD, Jeffery Hillam BS, Niall Smyth MD, Jonathan Kaplan MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418S00138