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Question: A diabetic patient presented with a 3 cm ulcer on the plantar surface of the right foot under the second and third metatarsal head. Imaging showed second metatarsal osteomyelitis, and the podiatrist took the patient to the operating room (OR) for surgery for wound debridement with excision of the second metatarsal head. The wound was initially left open with the [...]
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