Substantial reduction in the number of amputations among patients with diabetes: a cohort study over 16 years.

Benjamin Schnack Brandt RasmussenKnud B YderstraedeBendix CarstensenOle SkovHenning Beck-Nielsen

Published in: Diabetologia (2015)

The amputation rate in patients with diabetes is still several-fold higher than in persons without diabetes, but the improvements in diabetes care in recent years have resulted in a steady decline in amputation rates among patients with diabetes from this Danish cohort.

Keyphrases

lower limb
peripheral artery disease
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
metabolic syndrome