Patients were selected according to the following inclusion criteria (Fig [1].): patients with diabetes mellitus (types 1 and 2) of both sexes, age > 18 years old, and presence of irreversible digital/forefoot ulcer/gangrene (with negative X-ray for osteolytic lesions).
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