Diabetes can increase your odds of amputation. WebMD explains how the kidney disease can affect your legs and feet.

The value of the transmetatarsal amputation in diabetic patients was first reported in 1949 by McKittrick and his co-workers. 1 It has frequently been used since then at the New ... Indications ...

Currently, the indications for replantation are amputations of the thumb, multiple digits, and digits in children. Amputation of an isolated digit distal to the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS ...

Although amputation is a common complication of diabetes, it's preventable. Here's what you need to know.

As for the observed link between beta-blockers and lower limb amputation, Aronow suggested confounding by indication and the possibility that beta-blockers helped people live longer so they had ...

Around the world, there are half a billion adults living with diabetes, many of whom will develop foot ulcers. Across the United States, 85% of all non-traumatic amputations are directly linked to ...

This column outlines the indications, anesthetic and analgesic planning, surgical techniques, postoperative considerations and surgical risks for canine and feline caudectomy. Amputation of the ...

It’s unclear how common the amputation behavior is among ants, but preliminary evidence suggests that other closely related carpenter ant species may cut off each other’s legs to treat wounds ...