Deferring Amputation in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: Doing More Harm Than Good?

In a cohort of patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis who were recommended to undergo below-knee amputation, those who deferred amputation and chose medical therapy were more likely to die during the follow-up time compared with those who proceeded with amputation.

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Autores principales: Zhou, Shiwei, Schmidt, Brian M, Henig, Oryan, Kaye, Keith S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab184
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spelling pubmed-83135142021-07-27 Deferring Amputation in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: Doing More Harm Than Good? Zhou, Shiwei Schmidt, Brian M Henig, Oryan Kaye, Keith S Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports In a cohort of patients with diabetic foot osteomyelitis who were recommended to undergo below-knee amputation, those who deferred amputation and chose medical therapy were more likely to die during the follow-up time compared with those who proceeded with amputation. Oxford University Press 2021-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8313514/ /pubmed/34322563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab184 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab184
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