Lower-Extremity Amputation Trends Among People With Diabetes in a Large Urban Environment

Diabetes Care. 2021 May;44(5):e91-e92. doi: 10.2337/dc20-2491. Epub 2021 Apr 6.

Authors

Kiran K Chatha¹, Brad Walsh², Javier La Fontaine³, Michael E Bowen⁴, Luigi Meneghini⁵

Affiliations

¹ Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX kiranchatha@my.unthsc.edu.
² Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
⁵ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Amputation, Surgical
Diabetes Mellitus* / epidemiology
Diabetic Foot* / epidemiology
Diabetic Foot* / surgery
Extremities
Humans
Lower Extremity / surgery