Treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with total contact casts: a critical review of the current literature.
Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes and may lead to ulcers, often resulting in amputations. Total contact casts are advocated for healing neuropathic ulcers but there are serious reservations about its use.
Pizarro-Duhart
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Twickenham Primary Care Trust, London, UK. duhart@rtpct.nhs.uk
D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D016474:Weight-Bearing; D014945:Wound Healing