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Probe-to-Bone Test for Diagnosing Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

Discussion in 'Diabetic Foot & Wound Management' started by NewsBot, Jan 27, 2007.

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    Probe-to-Bone Test for Diagnosing Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
    Reliable or relic?

    Lawrence A. Lavery, David G. Armstrong, Edgar J.G. Peters and Benjamin A. Lipsky
    Diabetes Care 30:270-274, 2007
     
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    The initial probe to bone data was based on a population group that had extremely high likelihood of having osteomyelitis - it was not meant to suggest that if you can probe to bone it is osteomyelitis. However, if you think that there is a high index suspicion that osteomyelitis is present and you can probe to bone, then there is a greater chance that you are right. Higher index of suspician = longer duration of wound, previous history of infection etc...

    The interpretation of the initial study results has changed over the years - deviating from the original authors conclusion, simply because other authors citing this work have interpreted the results in different ways - I know that a lot of practitioners think that osteomyelitis is present as soon as bone is exposed, when it may not be the case. It makes you think about checking where people got their initial information from to make sure their interpretation is appropriate.....just a thought....
     
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    Validating the probe-to-bone and other tests for diagnosing chronic osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot.
    Morales Lozano R, González Fernández ML, Martinez Hernández D, Beneit Montesinos JV, Guisado Jiménez S, Gonzalez Jurado MA.
    Diabetes Care. 2010 Jul 9. [Epub ahead of print]
     
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    J. Aragón-Sánchez, Benjamin A. Lipsky, J. L. Lázaro-Martínez
     
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    Inter-observer reproducibility of probing to bone in the diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis
    Diabetic Medicine (in press)
     
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    Performance of the Probe-to-Bone Test in a Population Suspected of Having
    Osteomyelitis of the Foot in Diabetes

    Mesut Mutluoglu, Gunalp Uzun, Onur Sildiroglu, Vedat Turhan, Hakan Mutlu, and Senol Yildiz
    J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 2012;102 369-373
     
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    Does the location of the ulcer affect the interpretation of the probe-to-bone test in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers?
    F. J. Álvaro-Afonso, J. L. Lázaro-Martínez, F. J. Aragón-Sánchez, E. García-Morales, D. Carabantes-Alarcón, R. J. Molines-Barroso
    Diabetic Medicine; Accepted letter
     
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    Inter-observer reproducibility of diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis based on a combination of probe-to-bone test and simple radiography
    Francisco Javier Álvaro-Afonso, José Luis Lázaro-Martínez, Javier Aragón-Sánchez, Esther García-Morales, Yolanda García-Álvarez, Raúl J. Molines-Barroso
    Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice;Article in Press
     
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    Diagnostic Accuracy of Probe to Bone to Detect Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Foot: A Systematic Review.
    Lam K et al
    Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jul 1. pii: ciw445
     
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    Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Combined With the Probe-to-Bone Test for Fast and Early Diagnosis of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
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    Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2020 Jun 15
     
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    Decreased accuracy of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in diagnosing osteomyelitis in diabetic foot infection patients with severe renal impairment: A retrospective cross-sectional study
    Xin Chen et al
    PLoS One. 2022 Mar 23;17(3)
     
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    Is fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous bone biopsy of diabetic foot with suspected osteomyelitis worthwhile? A retrospective study
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