A Retrospective Review of Risk Factors and Conversion Rate of Transmetatarsal Amputations to Below or Above Knee Amputation

Category: Diabetes Introduction/Purpose: Despite the presence of several studies examining the conversion from transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) to a more proximal amputation, few studies identified the possible predictors of failure. The objective of this study is to examine the rate of conversion o...

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Main Authors: Jefferson Sabatini MD, Susan Odum PhD, J. Kent Ellington MD, MS, Carroll P. Jones MD, W. Hodges Davis MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-09-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000343