Never amputate a patient with diabetes without consulting with a specialized unit

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 214-217

  Aragón Sánchez, Javier ^a   Cano Jimenez, Francisco ^a   Lázaro Martínez, Jose L ^b   Campillo Vilorio, Nalini ^c   Quintana Marrero, Yurena ^a   Hernández Herrero, Maria J ^a  

^a Diabetic Foot Unit La Paloma Hospital   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

critical ischaemia; diabetic foot; diabetic foot infection; limb salvage; osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; SILVER;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CONSULTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OSTEOTOMY; OXYGEN TENSION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE NECROSIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE;

AMPUTATION; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84055199158     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734611424649     Document Type: Article

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