Clinical Outcomes of Tibial Cortex Transport vs. Bone Cement for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

A retrospective cohort study compares two surgical limb-salvage approaches for Wagner grade 3–4 diabetic foot ulcers. The dataset includes perioperative indicators and postoperative outcomes for patients treated with tibial cortex transverse transport or antibiotic-loaded bone cement from January 2020 to December 2023. It was authored by Muhan Li and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare major amputation-free survival rates between surgical treatments based on Kaplan–Meier analysis.
• Assess factors associated with postoperative ankle–brachial index improvement using multivariable linear regression.
• Identify independent factors associated with unplanned return to the operating room using multivariable binary logistic regression.
• Analyze percentage area reduction of ulcers at 3 and 6 months post-treatment.
• Evaluate time to infection clearance between the two surgical approaches.

Strengths

• Data covers a four-year period from January 2020 to December 2023.
• Analysis includes stratification by Wagner grade (3 and 4) for specific findings.
• Study employs multiple statistical methods including Kaplan–Meier analysis and multivariable regression.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 19.6 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of clinical data from a single center.

Time Range

January 2020 to December 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 04:47:07; freshness should be verified.