Treatment of Cuboid Bone Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Patient with Bioactive Glass S53P4 – Case Report

Osteomyelitis in diabetic patients requires a very challenging treatment and often leads to limb amputation.Due to increasing incidence of diabetes it has become a worldwide health problem.There have been few cases in the literature described as successful treatment of cuboid osteomyelitis with a new bone substitute as Bioactive Glass S53P4.We present a clinical case of diabetic patient with an osteomyelitis of cuboid bone due to chronic foot ulcer where a two-stage surgical treatment was indicated with a suitable antibiotic treatment.Firstly, a resection of infected bone was done with a temporary antibiotic spacer and arthrodesis was made and a second part with a Bioactive Glass substitute and treating the ulcer with a half thickness skin graft.In our clinical case treatment with Bioactive Glass in diabetic osteomyelitis showed successful results with a promising treatment outcome.