BACKGROUND To determine if patients with no contact with a multi-disciplinary team High Risk Foot Service (MDT-HRFS) had an increased rate of hospital admission for diabetes foot infection compared to patients with contact. Secondary aims were to report on clinical outcomes. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted at a major tertiary referral hospital in metropolitan Sydney over 12 months...

BACKGROUND The study was performed to examine the hypothesis that functional outcomes following major lower-extremity trauma sustained in the military would be similar between patients treated with amputation and those who underwent limb salvage. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of 324 service members deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq who sustained a lower-limb injury requiring eith...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients who underwent unilateral amputation due diabetes and peripheral artery disease, as well risk factors that cause re-amputation, determine these patients' survival status for mortality. Patients Methods: This retrospective study included 133 arterial disease between 2012 2018. The etiology amputation, re-operation rate time follow...

The objective of lower extremity amputation surgery is to create a viable, functional residual limb to maximize patient mobility and independence. When part or all of the forefoot is lost to trauma, infection or gangrene, and the hindfoot is viable, every attempt should be made to preserve as much foot function as possible. The use of the transmetatarsal level is common. In the past, amputation...

e23539 Background: Induction isolated limb perfusion (ILP) followed by limb-sparing resection or extended are frequently used salvation strategies (LSS) in locally advanced extremity soft tissue sarcoma (eSTS) to prevent amputation. However little is known about the long term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) these patients. The aim this study was compare long-term patient reported outcome...