Diabetic Amputations
Risk Factors![Toe gangrene](/sites/default/files/TDwyer/Toe Gangrene.jpg)
- DM > 10 years
- chronic hyperglycaemia
- impaired vision or joint mobility
- lack education
- increasing age
- previous amputation
Considerations
- blood flow
- soft tissue envelope
- deformities / Charcot collapse
- sensation
- contractures - Achilles tendon, knee, toe