The patient required surgical washout with removal of the dead and infected bone (debridement) and was given long-term antibiotic treatment (Fig. 6.141C).
A young woman came to a vascular surgeon with a series of large dilated tortuous veins in her right leg. The rest of her leg was otherwise unremarkable.
A diagnosis of varicose veins was made and the surgeon needed to determine the site of valvular incompetence.