Postoperative Death After Lower-Limb Amputation in a National Prevalent Cohort of Patients With Diabetes.
Jason Kevin GurneyJames StanleyJuliet Rumball-SmithSteve YorkDiana SarfatiPublished in: Diabetes care (2018)
In a national prevalent cohort of patients with diabetes, there was high risk of postoperative mortality as well as a differential risk of postoperative mortality by demographic subgroup. Further work is required to investigate the drivers of postoperative mortality among patients with diabetes who undergo amputation.