Gangrene, or a rapidly spreading foot abscess. Sound like diseases of the past? Well, sadly not. Leg amputation is one of the ...

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 ...

UK King’s Daughters became the first hospital in Kentucky — and the only hospital in the region — to offer a new minimally invasive procedure for ...

gangrene, or tissue necrosis and had no palpable pedal pulses. End points were healed or healing foot lesions, revascularization, major amputation, or death. One hundred consecutive limbs were ...

The mortality rate was 36.4% (72 cases). Risk factors for amputation were peripheral arterial disease (ORa = 4.96 [1.33 - 18.43] p = 0.017), foot gangrene (Ora = 3.16 [1.24 - 8.04] p = 0.016) and ...

The mortality rate was 36.4% (72 cases). Risk factors for amputation were peripheral arterial disease (ORa = 4.96 [1.33 - 18.43] p = 0.017), foot gangrene (Ora = 3.16 [1.24 - 8.04] p = 0.016) and ...

Foot problems run the gamut from blisters caused by wearing the wrong shoes to nonhealing foot ulcers caused by diabetes. Some foot problems are triggered by overuse and standing all day on the job, ...