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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 74-B, Issue 1 | Pages 133 - 136
1 Jan 1992
Laing P Cogley D Klenerman L

Ulceration of the insensitive foot continues to cause great morbidity in diabetic patients. We treated 46 patients with neuropathic ulceration by applying total contact casts. Most neuropathic ulcers healed within six weeks but ischaemic ulcers did not heal. One patient developed gangrene and required partial amputation of the foot.