An Off-the-Shelf Instant Contact Casting Device for the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A randomized prospective trial versus traditional fiberglass cast

Alberto Piaggesi; Silvia Macchiarini; Loredana Rizzo; Francesca Palumbo; Anna Tedeschi; Laura Ambrosini Nobili; Elisa Leporati; Vincenzo Scire; Ilaria Teobaldi; Stefano Del Prato

doi:10.2337/dc06-1750

Emerging Treatments and Technologies

An Off-the-Shelf Instant Contact Casting Device for the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

A randomized prospective trial versus traditional fiberglass cast

Alberto Piaggesi, MD,
Silvia Macchiarini, DPM,
Loredana Rizzo, MD,
Francesca Palumbo, MD,
Anna Tedeschi, MD,
Laura Ambrosini Nobili, DPM,
Elisa Leporati, DPM,
Vincenzo Scire, DPM,
Ilaria Teobaldi, DPM and
Stefano Del Prato, MD, PHD

From the Section of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa and Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, Pisa, Italy

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Alberto Piaggesi MD, Sezione Piede Diabetico-U.O., Malattie del Metabolismo e Diabetologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2-56124 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: piaggesi{at}immr.med.unipi.it

Diabetes Care 2007 Mar; 30(3): 586-590. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-1750

Article Information

vol. 30 no. 3 586-590

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-1750

PubMed

17327325

Published By

American Diabetes Association

Print ISSN

0149-5992

Online ISSN

1935-5548

History

December 9, 2006
August 18, 2006
Published in print February 27, 2007.

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Author Information

Alberto Piaggesi, MD,
Silvia Macchiarini, DPM,
Loredana Rizzo, MD,
Francesca Palumbo, MD,
Anna Tedeschi, MD,
Laura Ambrosini Nobili, DPM,
Elisa Leporati, DPM,
Vincenzo Scire, DPM,
Ilaria Teobaldi, DPM and
Stefano Del Prato, MD, PHD

From the Section of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa and Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, Pisa, Italy

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Alberto Piaggesi MD, Sezione Piede Diabetico-U.O., Malattie del Metabolismo e Diabetologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2-56124 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: piaggesi{at}immr.med.unipi.it

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