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Cementing Success: A New Angle on Forefoot Preservation #ActAgainstAmputation #PMMA #DiabeticFoot The “Internal Pedal Amputation”

Treating Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis (DFO) in the forefoot is a daily battle in the trenches of limb preservation. It is the most common location for DFU, DFI, and DFO, occurring in up to 90% of cases. While we often lean on conservative standard care, it frequently fails when the bone is involved. Our colleagues in... Continue Reading →

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Reshaping the Sausage Toe: Revisiting Internal Pedal Amputation for Chronic Osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot #ActAgainstAmputation

A newly published case series by our colleagues Yammine and colleagues in the International Wound Journal sheds light on a deceptively humble yet visually distinctive presentation in the diabetic foot: the “sausage toe.” Once thought rare, this bulbous, swollen toe is increasingly recognized as a clinical marker of underlying osteomyelitis. The study offers a thoughtful reappraisal of... Continue Reading →

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