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Diabetes Complications
Transmetatarsal amputation healing cannot be predicted by angiographic findings
December 29th, 2005
Transmetatarsal amputation healing in diabetic patients cannot be predicted by angiographic findings. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Vascular Surgery, "Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) is a durable reconstruction in the diabetic patient with limited forefoot gangrene. However, predicting TMA healing remains difficult." B. Toursarkissian and colleagues at the University of Texas in San Antonio proposed, "Our goals were to (1) determine the success rate of TMA and (2) identify factors predictive of TMA healing, in particular arterial foot anatomy. A retrospective review of all diabetic patients undergoing TMA was...
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-12-29)
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