Failure of reducing lower extremity amputations in diabetic patients: results of two subsequent population based surveys 1990 and 1995 in Germany.

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Abstract

It is concluded that these 2 surveys 5 years apart reveal a failure of reducing lower extremity amputations in people with diabetes--despite the objectives of the St. Vincent-Declaration.

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Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Skin Diseases and Diabetes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

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Published in: PubMed

Volume 27, Issue 1, pp. 10-4

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