Incidence and determinants of diabetes-related lower limb amputations in Ghana, 2010-2015- a retrospective cohort study.
Osei Sarfo KantankaFred Stephen SarfoIshmael KyeiCharles AgyemangJean Claude MbanyaPublished in: BMC endocrine disorders (2019)
The study confirms a high incidence of diabetes related-LLA in Ghana. Interventions aimed at addressing systemic and patient-level barriers to good vascular risk factor control and proper foot care for diabetics should be introduced in LMICs to stem the tide of the increasing incidence of LLA.