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Diabetes and Lower-Limb Amputations in the Community: A retrospective cohort study

DOI

153

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0

References

1998

Year

Andrew D. Morris, Ritchie McAlpine, Douglas Steinke, Douglas Boyle, Abdul-Rahim Ebrahim, Naveen Vasudev, Colin PU Stewart, Roland Jung, Graham Leese, Thomas M. MacDonald,
Diabetes Care

Abstract

These population-based U.K. amputation data are similar to amputation rates in the U.S. Amputation rates appear to have decreased significantly since 1980-1982. The impact of diabetes education and prevention programs that target the processes leading to amputation can now be evaluated.