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Elective surgery of the diabetic foot
Lee R Sayner1, Barry I Rosenblum, John M Giurini
1Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Podiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, One Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
|November 26, 2003
Abstract:
It has been clearly demonstrated that elective surgery can be performed in the neuropathic foot. If infection is controlled and arterial supply is adequate, limb salvage can be greatly enhanced with an aggressive approach to elective procedures in the patient who has diabetes.