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DFO Management Tools You Should Know (If You Don’t Already)
11/05/2025
DFO Management Tools You Should Know (If You Don’t Already)
This episode is sponsored by BONESUPPORT™, makers of CERAMENT® G with Gentamicin – the first and only FDA authorized, antibiotic-eluting bone void filler. For more information, visit Brian Benson, DPM, AACFAS, DABPM from Beaugard Health System, moderates a conversation about the uses of CERAMENT G in foot and ankle procedures with Gabriel Santamarina, DPM, from Grady Memorial Hospital, and Bryon Collier, DPM, FACFAS, DABPM from Five Cities Foot and Ankle. The panel details how they use CERAMENT G for the management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis to support bone remodeling plus targeted local antibiotic delivery. From rural Louisiana, to California's agricultural belt, to busy downtown Atlanta, these DPMs are using CERAMENT G as a first-line defense against DFO. Listen now to learn not only how they’re doing it, but why it’s become a trusted part of standard practice, touching on outcomes, OR efficiency, readmission and length-of-stay reductions, and patient quality-of-life wins. Interested in staying in touch? Follow BONESUPPORT on LinkedIn References discussed in this episode: · Vasukutty et al. ‘Limb salvage surgery in diabetic foot infection: encouraging early results with a local antibiotic carrier.’ The Diabetic Foot Journal. 2022;25(2):1–5. · Chow et al. ‘Definitive single-stage surgery for treating diabetic foot osteomyelitis: a protocolized pathway including antibiotic bone graft substitute use.’ ANZ J Surg. 2024 May 17.
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