COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY DIGIT AMPUTATION IN THE PATIENT WITH DIABETES

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  • 1 January 1985
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 161  (6) , 523-524
Abstract
Osteomyelitis in the digit of the diabetic patient is best managed by antibiotics and amputation. Antibiotics alone are not effective or cost effective as demonstrated in a retrospective study of 22 such patients diagnosed clinically and confirmed roentgenographically. Definitive operation allows the patient to return to work within two weeks of amputation.

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