Histomorphometric changes in the vessel wall at the site of amputation in diabetic patients--do they influence healing of the stump?
Intimal thickening and medial thinning in the arteries can be used to predict the stump healing in patients who underwent below-knee amputation. For ray amputation patients, similar changes occurred in the dorsal veins, and this finding can also be used to predict the healing of the stump. However,...
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2005
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