An often-encountered scenario in a workers' compensation or personal injury setting involves a diabetic claimant or plaintiff who sustains a blunt-force trauma or laceration injury to his or her foot ...

INCREASING mechanization of the environment in which people and their children live has resulted in increased exposure to the factors that may produce injuries resulting in loss of extremities.

The report in Diabetes Care, the official journal of the American Diabetes Association, comes after reports of rising rates of diabetes and obesity among young adults and soaring insulin costs, which ...

Amputation might be a risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Traumatic amputation that is not related to diabetes or peripheral vascular disease may still lead to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), ...

The number of traumatic amputations is rising worldwide—caused by road traffic accidents, accidents at work or during leisure activities, but also as a result of terrorist attacks or war. Only a few ...

War study in Ukraine suggests hydrodissection may reduce pain, opioid use in amputees. A reliable method to treat post-amputation pain remains elusive, but a new Northwestern Medicine study conducted ...

Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 30, 2006) -- Non-traumatic amputations – those caused by arterial blockages related to diabetes, smoking, obesity and vascular system complications – are occurring at an ...

CMS can take steps to raise awareness, including a specific quality measure, to ensure that testing occurs prior to nontraumatic amputation. EVERY DAY, APPROXIMATELY 500 Americans lose a limb and join ...