For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand function and other key ...

Wearing the wrong shoe size can apparently cost you more than just discomfort, it could lead to something even worse- your leg getting amputated. Martin Ralph, a UK man had to have a part of his foot ...

Martin Ralph, a UK-based resident Uk had to undergo a foot amputation surgery for a part of his foot after choosing to wear tight and fitted shoes for a wedding. In the sequence of events, the 61-year ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday noted the potential increased risk of lower limb amputation (mostly affecting the toes) in patients taking the SGLT2 inhibitors canagliflozin, ...

Diabetes frequently leads to a combination of peripheral neuropathy, vascular insufficiency and infection in the lower limbs, culminating in ulceration and tissue loss. Amputation levels range from ...