What role does function play in deciding on limb salvage versus amputation in patients with diabetes?

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Limb Salvage 100%
• Amputation 78%
• Lower Extremity 49%
• Foot Diseases 20%
• Diabetic Foot 16%
• Foot Ulcer 9%
• Quality of Life 8%
• Premature Mortality 7%
• Reconstructive Surgical Procedures 7%
• Diabetes Complications 6%
• Energy Metabolism 6%
• Prostheses and Implants 5%
• Renal Insufficiency 5%
• Fear 5%
• Walking 5%
• Epidemiology 5%
• Myocardial Infarction 4%
• Stroke 4%
• Costs and Cost Analysis 4%
• Mortality 3%
• Infections 3%
• Therapeutics 1%