Severity and duration of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) before seeking care as predictors of healing time: A retrospective cohort study.

To investigate whether A) duration of ulcer before start of treatment in specialist health care, and B) severity of ulcer according to University of Texas classification system (UT) at start of treatment (baseline), are independent predictors of healing time.This retrospective cohort study, based on...

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Main Authors: Hilde Smith-Strøm, Marjolein M Iversen, Jannicke Igland, Truls Østbye, Marit Graue, Svein Skeie, Bei Wu, Berit Rokne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5428931?pdf=render