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A review of amputation rates in England documents that in patients without diabetes mellitus amputation rates seem to be falling, but not in patients with diabetes mellitus. The burden of foot disease in patients with diabetes mellitus is rising but evidence suggests this increase might be masking improvements in the quality of its management.

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  1. St George's Vascular Institute, 4th Floor, St James Wing, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT, UK

    Robert J. Hinchliffe

  2. Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Foot Ulcer Trials Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, City Hospital Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK

    William J. Jeffcoate

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Hinchliffe, R., Jeffcoate, W. Diabetes mellitus: are amputation rates falling in England?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 6, 422–424 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2010.106

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