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