Osteomyelitis of the foot and toe in adults is a surgical disease: Conservative management worsens lower extremity salvage

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 885-894

  Henke, Peter K ^a,b   Blackburn, Susan A ^a   Wainess, Reid W ^a   Cowan, John ^a   Terando, Alicia ^a   Proctor, Mary ^a   Wakefield, Thomas W ^a   Upchurch, Gilbert R ^a   Stanley, James C ^a   Greenfield, Lazar J ^a   Polk Jr , Hiram C ^a,c   Seeger, James M ^a,c   Lineaweaver, William C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY BYPASS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 21144442488     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000164172.28918.3f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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