Michael D Liette, Peter A Crisologo, Suhail Masadeh, Sung H Yang, Christian B Bergmann, Charles C Caldwell, Jordan A Henning
The purpose of this study was to prospectively enroll patients that presented to the emergency department with a lower extremity infection, stratify risk and record outcomes. Risk stratification was performed based on the Society of Vascular Surgery Wound, foot Infection, and Ischemia (WIfI) classification system. This study aimed to establish the efficacy and validity of this classification in predicting patient outcomes during immediate hospitalization and throughout a 1 year follow up. A total of 152 patients were enrolled in the study and of these, 116 met the inclusion criteria and had at least 1 year of follow up for analysis...
February 15, 2023: Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery