Elective surgery of the diabetic foot.
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.
Sayner
Lee R
LR
Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Podiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, One Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Rosenblum
Barry I
BI
Giurini
John M
JM
D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D005529:Foot Bones / Q000601:surgery; D033023:Foot Joints / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors