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Can (super)microsurgery help revascularize diabetic foot (with dry gangrene on 1 toe)? if so, are there surgeons in europe (holland) who do this?
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Unlikely: Peripheral vascular disease is difficult to treat. If you already have compromise with necrosis dry gangrene unlikely to revascularize necrotic tissue.
Answered 9/29/2016
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