Think all diabetic foot osteomyelitis needs surgery?

Most of us believe that the optimal method to treat a bone infection is to resect it, if possible. However, data have been emerging over a number of years that may challenge this wisdom in all cases.

Here is a terrific case in Lancet Endocrinology by our SALSAmigos Mesut Mutlugolu (GATA/Istanbul) and Ben Lipksy (Oxford).

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