Here’s some good news for a change from the diabetes front: Lower-limb amputations due to diabetes complications dropped 65 percent from 1996 to 2008. In a study published this week in the ...

The rate of lower limb amputations among Medicare beneficiaries decreased by 45% from 1996 to 2011, whereas the use of peripheral endovascular interventions and preventive care measures increased ...

In adults with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease, statin use was associated with a 25% lower rate of lower-extremity amputations and a 22% risk reduction in cardiovascular mortality ...

The rate of foot and leg amputations in diabetics over the age of 40 fell 65% between 1996 and 2008, according to a recent report.

It is also important to consider that lower extremity amputation does not represent a traditional medical complication of diabetes like myocardial infarction, kidney failure or retinopathy ...

Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new study says that’s not ...

Considered something like a prosthesis in three layers, tests have shown it to grant greater agility, comfort, and sense of ...

"CU researchers develop test to measure mobility in lower-limb amputation" was originally created and published by Medical Device Network, a GlobalData owned brand.

Lower limb amputation is a life‐altering surgical intervention, most commonly necessitated by vascular complications, trauma or malignancy. The subsequent rehabilitation process is critical in ...

(UPDATED) The data on lower-limb amputation in two European registries support the higher rates first observed in the large CANVAS trial of canagliflozin.

The emotional reactions of 12 patients to the amputation of a lower extremity are described. In each patient a postoperative depression characterized by feelings of hopelessness and by ...