Amputation


Preventing Diabetic Amputation

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

People with diabetes have a 15 times greater risk of lower limb amputation than nondiabetic individuals. In many cases, the direct cause of amputation is obscure, although varying degrees of peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, trauma, infection, and impaired wound healing are implicated. Foot ulceration, gangrene, and amputation result from the synergy of these underlying […]