Related Experiment Videos
Management of large soft-tissue defects in a diabetic patient
1Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. alioznur@yahoo.com
Foot & Ankle International
|January 24, 2003
Abstract:
Amputation as the only option for treatment of large ulcers in a patient with diabetes is well known. This is a case presentation of a patient with large ulcers and osteomyelitis related to diabetes. He was treated with extensive debridement, segmental shortening, and wound closure.