Dr. Rundback explains why amputation is still the most common approach to treating severe Peripheral Artery Disease
Is amputation still the most common approach to treating foot wounds?
Diabetic foot ulcers are an extraordinarily common problem. There are almost 300 amputations per year in the United States, and many of these stem from underlying diabetes. However, 80% of those cases have underlying poor circulation, which most of the time goes undiagnosed. More than half of diabetics who end up with major amputation never even get an evaluation to see if their circulation was a cause for the diabetic amputation.
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