Prevalence of Symptomatic Venous Thrombo-Embolism in Patients with Total Contact Cast for Diabetic foot Complications; A Retrospective Case Series
Category: Ankle, Diabetes, Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: Venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) is a costly and potentially life threatening complication of limb immobilisation in a plaster of Paris cast. It is now generally recommended that patients undergoing limb immobilisation in cast are given...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000245 |