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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Evaluation of Adjuvant Antibiotic Loaded Injectable Bio-Composite Material in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis and Charcot Foot Reconstruction.

Venu Kavarthapu, Jasdeep Giddie, Varun Kommalapati, Joanne Casey, Maureen Bates, Prashanth Vas

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Venu KavarthapuDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7184-4433
Jasdeep GiddieDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Varun KommalapatiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Joanne CaseyDiabetes Foot Clinic, King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Maureen BatesDiabetes Foot Clinic, King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Prashanth VasDiabetes Foot Clinic, King's College NHS Foundation Trust, London SE5 9RS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7448-2995
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) is extremely challenging with high amputation rates reported alongside a five-year mortality risk of more than fifty percent. We describe our experience in using adjuvant antibiotic-loaded bio-composite material (Cerament) in the surgical management of DFO and infected Charcot foot reconstruction. We undertook a retrospective evaluation of 53 consecutive patients (54 feet) who underwent Gentamicin or Vancomycin-loaded Cerament application during surgery. The feet were categorised into two groups: Group 1, with infected ulcer and DFO, managed with radical debridement only (

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biocompositecalcium sulphateCharcot foot reconstructiondiabetic foot infectiondiabetic foot osteomyelitisdiabetic foot ulcers

Identifiers

PMID37176679
PMCPMC10179343
OpenAlexW4367597244

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