Increased Incidence of Lower Limb Amputation for Arterial Occlusive Disease

Liedberg, E.; Persson, Björn M.

doi:10.3109/17453678308996562

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“…Studies in other populations have also noted an association between sex and amputation risk (19,20), but the basis of this association has not been explained. The association of amputation with the clinical diagnosis of diabetic complications (diabetic retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, and renal failure) has previously been described in this population and others (11,21).…”

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A Foot Risk Classification System to Predict Diabetic Amputation in Pima Indians

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A Foot Risk Classification System to Predict Diabetic Amputation in Pima Indians

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“…A n increase in the n u m b e r o f lower limb a m p u t a t i o n s for v a s c u l a r insufficiency for all types i n c l u d i n g diabetic patients has been n o t e d [16,19,22,28]. It has been previously a s s u m e d that a p p r o x i m a t e l y 12% o f the insulin d e p e n d e n t a n d 2% o f n o n insulin d e p e n d e n t diabetic patients will u n d e r g o lo&er limb a m p u t a t i o n in their lifetime [3,8].…”

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Epidemiology of lower limb amputations in diabetics in Denmark (1980 to 1989)

Ebskov

1991

International Orthopaedics

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From 1980 to 1989, 4852 diabetic patients in Denmark underwent 5642 lower limb amputations. Records of the Danish Amputation Register and the National Patient Register indicate a decrease of amputations in diabetics from 681 to 463 per year in this time. There has also been a decrease in above knee amputations in diabetics from 30 to 20 percent of all amputations with a corresponding increase of amputations at or below the knee. Demographic factors and possible reasons for these changes are reviewed. There seems to be a relationship between the improvement of diabetic foot care by the free service of trained podiatrists and the reduction of amputations in diabetics in Denmark.

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“…It may reflect earlier onset of arteriosclerosis in men, who also had bilateral amputations performed more often than women. Primary arteriosclerosis, which caused two thirds of our lower limb amputations, would seem to have become more common during the last decade when compared with diabetes mellitua (Jensen et al 1982, Kolind-Sgrensen 1974, Liedberg & Persson 1983).…”

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