Les causes d’amputations des membres inférieurs en rééducation : impact de l’insuffisance artérielle et du diabète

Rehabilitation of a Lower Limb Amputee

“…Etiologically, the causes are diverse; they can be of vascular or traumatic etiologies; infectious or tumoral; in some of the etiologies may be intertwined (case of diabetic foot which can combine vascular and infectious causes). The leading cause of amputation remains vascular etiology and this risk is fourteen times higher in diabetic patients [1].…”