FOR more than ten years there has been a tendency to use below-the-knee rather than supracondylar amputation at the New England Deaconess Hospital in the management of diabetic gangrene when more ...

Surgery preparations Investigators analyzed real world data to examine the risk for below-knee amputations in patients with type 2 diabetes taking canagliflozin vs other medications. ORLANDO — A ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Drug Watchdog is appealing to a person who after using the type two diabetes drug called Invokana suffered a below the knee leg amputation to call ...

The same group of researchers who turned the endovascular community on its head last year by detecting a long-term signal of harm with treatment of paclitaxel-based devices for femoropopliteal artery ...

The presence of microvascular disease, even in the kidneys or eyes, sharply raises the risk of lower-extremity amputation, and more so in patients who also have peripheral artery disease (PAD), ...

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With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — For people with Type 2 diabetes, minutes matter when it comes to closing a wound. That crucial time could prevent an amputation of a foot or leg. Roper St. Francis unveiled ...