The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 6 , Pages 782-788, June 2008

Resource utilization and economic costs of care based on a randomized trial of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds

  • Jan Apelqvist, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
    • Division for Clinical Sciences University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
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  • David G. Armstrong, D.P.M., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Scholl's Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Rd., Chicago, IL, 60064, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-847-578-8440; fax: +1-847-557-1457.
    • ,
  • Lawrence A. Lavery, D.P.M., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Scott and White Hospital, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew J.M. Boulton, M.D., F.R.C.P

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom
    • University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

Received 4 June 2007; received in revised form 22 June 2007 published online 20 March 2008.

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 Financial support for this study was provided by KCI, San Antonio, TX.

PII: S0002-9610(08)00006-8

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.023

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 6 , Pages 782-788, June 2008

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