It began when Kate Andrews, a Type 1 diabetic from Bromsgrove, was on holiday in Gran Canaria and had a blister on her foot.

Gangrene, or a rapidly spreading foot abscess. Sound like diseases of the past? Well, sadly not. Leg amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The earliest known example dates back some ...

Leg amputation rates caused by arterial disease are four times as high in the most disadvantaged areas in England.

A guillotine amputation was done at the ankle, followed in a few days by an amputation through the middle of the leg. Case 4. A 72-year-old man had diabetes discovered 10 years earlier.

Leg amputation rates caused by arterial disease are four times as high in the most disadvantaged areas in England. The study, ...

The leg amputation procedure itself is highly unlikely to directly cause death when performed in a controlled ... (e.g., sepsis), extensive gangrene, or thrombotic (blood clotting ...

A new study from the University of Sheffield highlights the scale of socioeconomic disparities in leg amputation caused by arterial disease across ...

Major amputation of the lower limb is a last resort when other treatment options do not exist or have failed. The main reasons for amputation include severe infection of the leg and gangrene ...