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Archive Transmetatarsal Amputations and Arterial Surgery in Diabetic Patients Author: Frank C. Wheelock, Jr., M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published February 16, 1961 N Engl J Med 1961;264: 316 ...
Thus, in group 2, 10 of 29 (34%) limbs eventually healed, 2 of 29 (6.8%) patients died with ulcerated amputations, and 17 of 29 (59%) limbs underwent more proximal amputations.
Archive Factors Favoring Successful Transmetatarsal Amputation in Diabetes Author: Howard F. Root, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published September 23, 1948 N Engl J Med 1948;239: 453 - 458 ...
It may even prevent the amputation.” For more information: Younger AS, Meakin CD, Kalla TP, et al. Risk factors for failure of transmetatarsal amputation in diabetic patients: A cohort study.
That analysis showed that the amputation-free survival with the flow-diverting therapy was 58% at 1 year versus just 34% for the alternatives. Clair stressed in his presentation that the therapy is ...
Uncontrolled serum urate is associated with lower extremity amputations independently of other cardiometabolic risk factors, a new study finds. In a study of nearly 6 million US veterans (mean age ...
When indicated, surgical or endoluminal revascularization was performed prior to the amputation in the absence of infection. Forty-five of 91 (49%) of the limbs, including 3 bilateral cases ...