Dfi clinical Trial Differs from csssi trial

Nuclear scan alone is not sufficient to exclude osteomyelitis

“I shall not today attempt to define the kinds of material (pornography) - but I know it when I see it.”

• “I shall not today attempt to define the kinds of material (pornography) - but I know it when I see it.”

• Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985)

Diagnostic Studies

• Plain X-ray

• Probe to bone for open lesions

• Culture/sensitivity testing

• Wound description (photography)/ wound score

• Vascular evaluation

Wound Cultures

• Obtain from all enrolled patients- no more than 24 hours prior to enrollment

• Set-up for aerobes & anaerobes at local lab

• Swab specimens are not acceptable

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