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Diabetic limb salvage procedure with bone allograft and free flap transfer: a case report
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Diabetic limb salvage procedure with bone allograft and free flap transfer: a case report

Alexandre L Godoy-Santos, Daniel T Amodio, André Pires, Ana L. M Lima, Teng H Wei, Cesar de Cesar-Netto and David G Armstrong
Diabetic foot & ankle, Vol.8(1), 1270076
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.1080/2000625X.2016.1270076
PMCID: PMC5328323
PMID: 28326158
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Abstract

The aim of this case report was to describe a successful diabetic limb salvage procedure in the treatment of an infected diabetic foot ulcer through a multidisciplinary team approach and complex surgical reconstruction involving a femoral head bone allograft and musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi free flap. The decision to proceed with aggressive staged efforts at diabetic limb salvage should be made only after careful consultation with the patient, his or her family, and the rest of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
reconstruction free flap soft-tissue allograft Diabetic foot

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