SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...

Amputation rates have long been higher in rural America. But in cities, the highest rates are associated with poverty and being Black, a new study shows. Amputation rates have long been higher in ...

In the first population-based estimate of ischemic amputation at the state level, researchers found that the incidence of related lower limb amputation — the most serious consequence of critical limb ...

According to Diabetes UK, the leading UK diabetes charity, as many as 100 people every week are having a limb amputated as a direct result of diabetes . Diabetes affects well over two million people ...

Rosemont, IL (July 8, 2013) –There have been dramatic decreases in the number and severity of lower limb amputations over the past decade, according to a new study published in the July 2013 issue of ...

SEATTLE — Control of blood glucose levels at 7% Hb1AC or under was found to be a positive predictor for a transmetatarsal amputation healing successfully in patients with diabetes mellitus, according ...

Results of a Swedish retrospective cohort study showed reduced rates of type 1 diabetes-related amputations over the past 2 decades. In recent years, Sweden has seen a sharp decline in incidence of ...

Living with diabetes requires vigilance on many fronts, but perhaps none as crucial as protecting your limbs from amputation. While many focus on monitoring glucose levels, understanding the ...

Ten years ago, while working as an attending physician, Dr. Carl Stevens noticed a disturbing pattern: the majority of his patients with diabetes who acquired infections requiring amputation were from ...

YORK and Scarborough have some of the highest rates of diabetic patients having amputations in England, figures have shown. Nationally thousands of patients may be facing unnecessary leg amputations ...

Until the discovery of antibiotic medicine last century, doctors frequently performed amputations to save the life of a patient with an infected wound. But humans aren’t the only animal to perform ...