Amputations in the diabetic foot and ankle.

Scientific structured foot salvage clinics will provide surgeons with a large population of peripheral vascular insufficiency patients who may someday become candidates for salvage amputation at the foot or ankle level. This article presents the technology of functional amputation levels.

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