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Antibiotic Impregnated Cement Dowel in a Tibial Stump to Salvage Infected Below-Knee Amputation in a Diabetic

CASE: We describe the use of local antibiotics to salvage an infected below-knee amputation in a diabetic patient and prevent the need to convert to the above-knee level. After débridement, an antibiotic tibial “dowel” was fashioned and inserted into the intramedullary canal before closure. The woun...

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Publicado en:J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev
Main Authors: Sidhu, Sahil Prabhnoor, White, Neil Jeffrey
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855496/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31773071
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-18-00042
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