This study aims at Major lower extremity amputations that remain among the most common procedures performed by vascular surgeons in patients with diabetes and its associated peripheral vascular disease. After major amputation, this population commonly suffers from high readmission rates, increased wound complications, and conversion to more proximal major amputations. These events impact quality in terms of cost, resources, and subjective quality of life. The aim of this study is to compare outcomes between primary lower extremity above-ankle amputations (primary amputation [PA]) and staged ankle guillotine amputations followed by interval formalization to an above-ankle amputation (staged amputation [SA]) for nonsalvageable infected diabetic foot disease.
A retrospective review of all de novo major lower extremity amputations performed by the vascular surgery service at a single institution between January 2014 and March 2017 was performed. Hence we conclude that Inclusion criteria were diabetic patients with foot gangrene who underwent a major de novo above- or below-knee amputation. Amputations for trauma, acute limb ischemia, or malignancy were excluded.
Reference link-https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(19)32634-5/fulltext
