Bilateral total calcanectomy for the treatment of chronic refractory osteomyelitis.

J Am Podiatr Med Assoc

Department of Podiatric Surgery, Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA.

Published: March 1997

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