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Distal amputations for the diabetic foot
Minor amputations in diabetic patients with foot complications have been well studied in the literature but controversy still remains as to what constitutes successful or non-successful limb salvage. In addition, there is a lack of consensus on the definition of a minor or distal amputation and a ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/dfa.v4i0.21288 |
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author | Nather, Aziz Wong, Keng Lin |
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description | Minor amputations in diabetic patients with foot complications have been well studied in the literature but controversy still remains as to what constitutes successful or non-successful limb salvage. In addition, there is a lack of consensus on the definition of a minor or distal amputation and a major or proximal amputation for the diabetic population. In this article, the authors review the existing literature to evaluate the efficacy of minor amputations in this selected group of patients in terms of diabetic limb salvage and also propose several definitions regarding diabetic foot amputations. |
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spelling | pubmed-37146762013-07-18 Distal amputations for the diabetic foot Nather, Aziz Wong, Keng Lin Diabet Foot Ankle Review Article Minor amputations in diabetic patients with foot complications have been well studied in the literature but controversy still remains as to what constitutes successful or non-successful limb salvage. In addition, there is a lack of consensus on the definition of a minor or distal amputation and a major or proximal amputation for the diabetic population. In this article, the authors review the existing literature to evaluate the efficacy of minor amputations in this selected group of patients in terms of diabetic limb salvage and also propose several definitions regarding diabetic foot amputations. Co-Action Publishing 2013-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3714676/ /pubmed/23869251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/dfa.v4i0.21288 Text en © 2013 Aziz Nather and Keng Lin Wong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Nather, Aziz Wong, Keng Lin Distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
title | Distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
title_full | Distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
title_fullStr | Distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
title_full_unstemmed | Distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
title_short | Distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
title_sort | distal amputations for the diabetic foot |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/dfa.v4i0.21288 |
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