Amputation might be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Traumatic amputation that is not related to diabetes or peripheral vascular disease may still lead to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), ...

In my years as a patient advocate, I’ve had countless conversations with healthcare executives about the economics of limb preservation versus amputation. During one particularly candid exchange at a ...

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. "Unfortunately, by the time a patient with diabetes and/or PAD ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Safety outcomes were no different in simultaneous amputation and osseointegration vs. osseointegration for ...

This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org. More than a decade after the accident, a sudden noise ...

Senior medical experts have revealed that about 60 per cent of limb amputations in Nigeria are linked to diabetes, raising concerns over the growing burden of the disease and its complications. They ...