The care of transmetatarsal amputation in diabetic foot gangrene
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- 作者：Michele Ammendola ; Rosario Sacco ; Lucia Butrico ; Giuseppe Sammarco ; Stefano de Franciscis and Raffaele Serra
- 刊名：International Wound Journal
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：14
- 期：1
- 页码：9-15
- 全文大小：160K
- ISSN：1742-481X
文摘
Diabetic foot ulcerations may determine minor or major amputation, with a high impact on patients' life expectation and quality of life and on economic burden. Among minor amputations, transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) appears to be the most effective in terms of limb salvage rates and in maintaining foot and ankle biomechanics. In spite of this, TMA needs particular pre- and postoperative management in order to avoid the frequent failure rates.