What is it about?
Complications among patients with diabetes are common. We tracked over 17,000 patients who had an initial toe amputation to understand their risk of subsequent minor and major amputations on the same leg -- examining changes over time and differences across race/ethnicity, geographic areas, and other factors.
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Why is it important?
This is the first study in over 20 years of a national sample and the largest ever to examine outcomes after a toe amputation.
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This page is a summary of: Risk of Ipsilateral Reamputation Following an Incident Toe Amputation Among U.S. Military Veterans With Diabetes, 2005–2016, Diabetes Care, March 2020, American Diabetes Association,
DOI: 10.2337/dc19-2337.
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