Rationales for Antibiotic Treatment Versus Direct Surgical Resection in Various Strata of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis-Literature Review and Expert Opinions.

Isabel Gloor, Senta Faulhaber, Madlaina Schöni, Felix W A Waibel, Javier Aragón-Sánchez, Benjamin A Lipsky, Mazda Farshad, Ilker Uçkay

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Isabel GloorDiabetic Foot Unity, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.

Senta FaulhaberOrthopedic Surgery, Limmattal Hospital, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland.

Madlaina SchöniDiabetic Foot Unity, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3688-2223

Felix W A WaibelDiabetic Foot Unity, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.

Javier Aragón-SánchezDepartment of Surgery and Diabetic Foot Unit, La Paloma Hospital, 35005 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Benjamin A LipskyDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Mazda FarshadMedical Direction, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.

Ilker UçkayInfectiology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5552-0973

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antibiotic treatmentdiabetic foot osteomyelitisrational decisionrational use of antibioticssurgical resection

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PMID42650722

DOI10.3390/antibiotics15080797

PMCPMC13509231

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