Amputation - DiabetesontheNet

Foot ulceration risk associated with mortality

Investigators studied people living with diabetes with a high risk of foot ulceration (high-risk foot) but who were amputation-free and compared them with different subcategories of high-risk foot. They identified a large cohort of patients on the Scotland-wide diabetes register and calculated their amputation-free survival rates during the follow-up period. The risk of death was up to nine times the risk of amputation in individuals judged to have a high-risk foot. A higher percentage of people with healed ulcers died during the 2-year follow-up period than those with active ulcers. People with active ulcers had the highest risk of amputation.

17 Dec 2018

Predictors of further intervention after toe amputation in people with diabetes

A study in a tertiary medical centre in Lebanon aiming to determine the predictors of further intervention after toe amputation that may help in optimising and individualising the treatment plan

13 Sep 2018

Wound dehiscence on a diabetic patient with haemophilia and high risk of further amputation successfully healed with omega-3 rich sh skin: a case report

Outlinging the first described case of a patient suffering from haemophilia and a dehisced transmetatarsal amputation turned into a chronic wound treated with acellular fish skin

13 Sep 2018

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18 Jun 2018

Amputation in diabetic foot patients: a prediction model

18 Jun 2018

Amputation, early death and surviving diabetes-related foot disease — is it time to talk more openly with patients?

5 Apr 2018

Never say never again

5 Apr 2018

Minor amputation and quality of life: is it time to give the patient a voice?

6 Nov 2017

Awareness cycle ride for the 140 diabetic foot amputations per week in England

21 Sep 2017

How does self-care affect diabetic foot outcomes?

10 Nov 2016

Antimicrobial management of diabetic foot infection

27 Sep 2016

An interventional radiologist’s view of amputation prevention and imaging in peripheral arterial disease

27 Sep 2016

Picking up the pieces

27 Sep 2016

The surgical management of diabetic foot infections at a regional Australian hospital

30 Mar 2016

Regional anaesthesia with ankle block for acute diabetic foot surgery

29 Mar 2016

How much is enough?

5 Nov 2015

The big picture: lower extremity complications of diabetes

7 Oct 2015

Reducing amputations in the UK: a key to unlock the door

22 Jun 2015