Reduced Incidence of Lower-Limb Amputations in the Diabetic Population of a German City, 1990–2005

We evaluated whether the incidence of amputations in one German city (Leverkusen, population approximately 160,000) had decreased between 1990 and 2005.From all three hospitals in the city, we obtained complete lists of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations in 1990-1991 and 1994-2005. Only the first o...

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Main Authors: Christoph Trautner, Burkhard Haastert, Peter Mauckner, Lena-Maria Gätcke, Guido Giani
Format: Artigo
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2337/dc07-0876
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article-pdf/30/10/2633/595361/zdc01007002633.pdf
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