title: Treatment of the diabetic foot with exposed os calcis.
abstract: With improved methods of medical care, the survival rates in all types of diabetes are improving. There are increasing numbers of older diabetics with complicated soft tissue problems. This is a report of our experiences in treating 15 consecutive patients with soft tissue defects involving the hindfoot. Each of these patients had an intact forefoot.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002111:Calcaneus; D003646:Debridement; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures