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DFU Patient Story - Injured while working barefoot! One toe was saved back from gangrene away from second amputation by the right treatment!

Mr. Wu usually lives with his parents and works in the fields during the day. In his leisure time, he enjoys interacting with neighbors in the community. On one occasion, he accidentally injured his toe with a branch while working with barefoot. Initially, he didn't take it seriously as the wound was small and rashly applied some medication.

He didn’t realize how serious his foot was until his foot swelled to twice its normal size, started discharge from his wound, and turned gangrene.

Mr. Wu then went to the emergency room, but it was too late that his first toe had to be amputated. Facing the imminent amputation of his second toe, he was referred to Dr. Chi-Cheng Su at Zhushan Show Chwan Hospital. Miraculously, the second toe eventually saved under Dr. Su’s treatment...