Authors2,7,8,9 who have discussed this surgical treatment have mostly agreed with the necessity of large excision of the necrotic tissues and of an upper-quarter femurectomy based on a modified Girdlestone’s procedure10 with extended resection to the level of healthy and bleeding bone.6,11 This proximal resection is associated with closure with a musculocutaneous flap. This procedure is a much less traumatic therapy than disarticulation of a lower limb,12 which should only be indicated in patients with severe and recurrent sores with no alternative treatments remaining.13–15 There might nevertheless be discrepancies in the literature regarding the therapeutic management.