Survival and associated risk factors in patients with diabetes and amputations caused by infectious foot gangrene

Abstract Background Infectious gangrene of the foot is a serious complication of diabetes that usually leads to a certain level of lower-extremity amputation (LEA). Nevertheless, the long-term survival and factors associated with mortality in such patients have yet to be elucidated. Methods A total...

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Published in:	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Main Authors:	Yu-Yao Huang, Cheng-Wei Lin, Hui-Mei Yang, Shih-Yuan Hung, I-Wen Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Diabetes Infectious foot gangrene Survival Lower-extremity amputation
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13047-017-0243-0

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