As part of the multidisciplinary management of the diabetic foot, surgery retains a preponderant role in the prevention and control of infection, in bone and soft tissue reconstruction, in the rescue of a limb or in the performing an amputation that will be as distal as possible while obtaining a correct amputation stump. There are a multitude of surgical techniques available to the surgeon to achieve all of these goals. The general goals of treating a diabetic foot are: to avoid the onset of complications (ulcer, necrosis, infection of soft tissue or bone, ischemia - if it is not already present); control the infection of soft tissue or bone (if present); close any solution of continuity between the skin and the underlying soft tissue (ulcer).