Diabetic foot ulcers - The importance of angiosomes in healing foot ulcers

Lynne Tudhope

Abstract


An angiosome is an anatomic unit of tissue (which has skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, muscle and bone), fed by a source artery. This article is a short discussion on the importance of angiosomes in healing of foot ulcers.

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