White floor, white ceiling, and white walls cover the room with a feeling of emptiness. The only color in the room comes from the students who stare as you walk through the door. Walking through the colored pathway to find a seat, all eyes are on you instead of the small chatter that was happening just a few seconds before. Sitting down on the cold chair gives you an escape from all of the eyes that were on you. A protective barrier of sound students broke the intense interest of the strange newcomer. As you sit in the uncomfortable chair you try to soak up the new feeling. Suddenly thoughts are interrupted by a kind woman wishing to shake your hand. As her cold skin touched yours she introduced herself as professor. Her excitement to meet you brought the cold handshake to a meaningful clutch of the body. Your forever lasting uncomfort of the empty room with the staring eyes soon faded. After the memorable greeting, she welcomes you to her …show more content…
Plain film x-rays showed no break in the calcaneal cortex, however, a Technesium bone scan showed increased uptake in the late phase. The patient had operative debridement of necrotic tissue, and inspection of the calcaneus showed hard bone with no evidence suggestive for osteomyelitis. The patient was placed on IV antibiotics, and a second debridement and pulse irrigation was performed five days later. The depth of the soft tissue void was 1.5cm and was completely filled subsequent to debridement with the single layer Integra Matrix, and then covered with Integra Bilayer Matrix sutured externally to the skin and a light compressive dressing applied. The students and professor talked of this patient for most of the hour, as it had to do with the lesson that day. Not long after professor dismissed them, the class began to