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06 / Vascular Surgery · clerkship

Rest pain and a heel ulcer

  1. ED
  2. Investigations
  3. Pre-Op
  4. OR
  5. Ward
  6. Debrief

Hanging the foot out of bed

The pain wakes him and eases when he hangs the foot over the edge of the bed. The heel has a 3 cm ulcer with a dry base. Pulses are absent below the femoral. He has reduced sensation to monofilament testing in a stocking distribution.

Open in 3D: the tibial and peroneal arteries

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