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An 89-year-old woman experienced an abscess on her right dorsal foot. She was also severely immunocompromised with diabetes, chronic renal failure and peripheral vascular disease.
After 10 debridements, Dr. Christopher E. Attinger, Professor of Plastic & Orthopedic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center, achieved wound closure without a total below knee amputation.
Watch this case-specific webinar to hear Dr. Attinger discuss:
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- How he approached the patient’s streptococcus infection
- The reconstructive options he considered
- The challenge of using a wound vac when there’s poor vascular blood supply
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An 89-year-old woman experienced an abscess on her right dorsal foot. She was also severely immunocompromised with diabetes, chronic renal failure and peripheral vascular disease.
After 10 debridements, Dr. Christopher E. Attinger, Professor of Plastic & Orthopedic Surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center, achieved wound closure without a total below knee amputation.
Watch this case-specific webinar to hear Dr. Attinger discuss:
-
- How he approached the patient’s streptococcus infection
- The reconstructive options he considered
- The challenge of using a wound vac when there’s poor vascular blood supply