title: Vascular evaluation and long-term results of distal bypass surgery in patients with diabetes.
abstract: The objective of the US Health Department and the American Diabetes Association is to reduce the major amputation rate in diabetics by 40% by the year 2000. It is the goal of this article to help the reader define the role of proper diagnosis and management of vascular disease to meet this challenge.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Gibbons
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology