Background The goal of salvage surgery in the diabetic foot is maximal preservation of the limb, but it is also important to resect unviable tissue sufficiently to avoid reamputation. This study ...

However, Dr. Tyler Coye, a foot surgeon at Baylor Medicine specializing in limb salvage, saw the potential to save Samano's leg. STEP, Save the Extremity Program, part of the Division of Vascular ...