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Fundamentals of Local Treatment

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This chapter describes local therapy of ulcers both in terms of medical management and surgical procedures. The natural process of tissue repair and wound closure is poorly understood. The possibilities for accelerating this process without surgery are limited. Thus, mechanisms of tissue repair are presented here in basic terms. Methods of plastic reconstructive surgery are presented more in detail because they offer the opportunity to really change the natural course of an ulcer and may avoid amputation.

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  1. Amb. Zentrum für Diabetologie, Endoskopie & Wundheilung Gemeinschaftspraxis, Köln, Germany

    Dirk Hochlenert

  2. Department of Wound Surgery, St. Vinzenz Hospital and MVZ St. Marien, Köln, Germany

    Gerald Engels

  3. Department of Diabetes and Angiology, Marienkrankenhaus GmbH, Soest, Germany

    Stephan Morbach

  4. Institute of Anatomy, Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Stefanie Schliwa

  5. Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK

    Frances L. Game

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Hochlenert, D., Engels, G., Morbach, S., Schliwa, S., Game, F.L. (2018). Fundamentals of Local Treatment. In: Diabetic Foot Syndrome. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92055-9_21

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