Association Between Foot Surgery Type and Subsequent Healing in Veterans With Moderate-to-Severe Diabetic Foot Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetic foot infections are a common precursor to lower extremity amputations. The treatment of diabetic foot infections involves both medical and surgical management, of which limb-sparing surgeries are increasingly preferred over amputations at or above the ankle to preserve mobility and quality of life. The outcomes following these limb-sparing surgeries are not well described.

Methods

This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 90 Veterans with moderate-to-severe diabetic foot infections between 2017 and 2019 from the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System. The exposure was foot surgery with bone resection (ie, toe amputation, metatarsal resection, transmetatarsal amputation) vs debridement alone. The outcome was healing within 1 year. We us

SUBMITTER: Kim JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8802798 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature