title: Return to Lonesome Dove: when the patient wants to go home without surgery.
authors.affiliation: a Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center and University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Castriotta
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D033061:Ethics Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*; D016312:Treatment Refusal