Abstract
Peripheral vascular disease due either to atherosclerosis and/or diabetes is the most common cause of amputation in the USA and Europe today. Curiously, the actual number of amputations has not decreased despite increasing use of arterial reconstructive procedures. Most major lower extremity amputations are performed only after failed femorodistal reconstructions’. Amputations are performed less often in the setting of acute arterial ischaemia where the ischaemic muscle mass becomes a metabolic threat to the patient. Finally, major amputations may be necessary in diabetic patients who may present with lower extremity infections that are beyond primary healing and may be life threatening when first seen’.
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Green, R.M., Rob, C.G. (1994). Amputations of the lower extremity. In: Jamieson, C.W., Yao, J.S.T. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6854-8_40
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