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Antibiotic Impregnated Cement Dowel in a Tibial Stump to Salvage Infected Below-Knee Amputation in a Diabetic
CASE: We describe the use of local antibiotics to salvage an infected below-knee amputation in a diabetic patient and prevent the need to convert to the above-knee level. After débridement, an antibiotic tibial “dowel” was fashioned and inserted into the intramedullary canal before closure. The woun...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31773071 http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-18-00042 |