Jennifer Kipp-Jones, Bryanna D Vesely, Madeline Fram, Gregory Russell, Jung Wha Kim-Shapiro, Ashleigh W Medda, Paula Gangopadhyay
Toe amputations are a common podiatric procedure for treatment of osteomyelitis. Whether or not the surgeon obtains a surgical cure, thus resolving the infection, can be difficult to assess. Obtaining a proximal bone margin can assist the treatment team in deciding the duration of postoperative antibiotics, need for re-operation, and postoperative care. The two senior surgeons use different methods to analyze proximal bone margins. The first surgeon obtains a microbiologic culture from the remaining bone, either at the proximal phalanx or metatarsal head, following the removal of the toe to be reviewed for osteomyelitis...
March 2, 2024: Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery