Lower limb amputation is a life‐altering surgical intervention, most commonly necessitated by vascular complications, trauma or malignancy. The subsequent rehabilitation process is critical in ...

Lower extremity amputation risk was lower among users of SGLT-2 inhibitors vs DPP-4 inhibitors but higher among users of SGLT-2 inhibitors vs sulfonylureas. Among patients with type 2 diabetes, sodium ...

This is the second article in a four-part series examining America’s preventable amputation crisis. Read part 1 HERE. “We’re ...

Researchers suggest that annual wellness visits for patients with diabetes lead to earlier diagnoses of complications, preventing amputations and serious consequences. Patients with diabetes who ...

(HealthDay News) — Patients with diabetes and a lower extremity amputation (LEA) are more likely to die, with some of the increased risk due to diabetes-related complications, according to a study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for lower limb amputations for people with diabetes increases with age and for those who smoke or ...

When Derek from Indiana first noticed problems with his toes, he followed his doctor’s advice without question - amputation.

In patients with end-stage kidney disease, amputation risk is higher with diabetes versus without. HealthDay News — Patients with comorbid diabetes have an elevated risk for lower extremity amputation ...

Leg amputation rates caused by arterial disease are four times as high in the most disadvantaged areas in England. The new study, from the University of Sheffield, also found patients living in the ...

A new study from the University of Sheffield highlights the scale of socioeconomic disparities in leg amputation caused by arterial disease across England Lower limb amputation rates are four times as ...

When an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy who will help out by gnawing the leg off, effectively performing a lifesaving limb amputation. That's according to some new experiments ...