SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...

Better resource allocation and targeted programs will be needed to help vulnerable hospitals combat the trend.

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

The number of people in Ukraine requiring amputations since Russia's invasion has risen to levels not seen since World War I, according to The Wall St Journal. Russia's heavy use of missiles and ...

SEATTLE — Control of blood glucose levels at 7% Hb1AC or under was found to be a positive predictor for a transmetatarsal amputation healing successfully in patients with diabetes mellitus, according ...

(HealthDay)—Lower socioeconomic status and Black race are associated with higher rates of major lower-extremity amputation in patients with peripheral artery disease, even in metropolitan areas, ...

Amputation rates for patients with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, have long been higher in rural America than in cities, largely because of a lack of access to specialty care. For years, health ...

Greater increases seen in amputation rates among opioid-related hospitalizations at the national level and in Northeast, West census regions. (HealthDay News) — Among opioid-related and ...

YORK and Scarborough have some of the highest rates of diabetic patients having amputations in England, figures have shown. Nationally thousands of patients may be facing unnecessary leg amputations ...