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Combined Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcer with Tarsal Tunnel Release and Perilesional Injections of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Emilio Trignano Department of Surgery and Microsurgery, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

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Nefer Fallico Department of Plastic Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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Gino Zingone Department of Surgery and Microsurgery, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

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Corrado Rubino Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.

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Fabio Santanelli Di Pompeo Department of Plastic Surgery, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.

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Corresponding author: Nefer Fallico, MD, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Val Savio 3, Roma, RM 00141, Italy. (E-mail: nefer.fallico@gmail.com)
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