title: Amputations in the diabetic foot and ankle.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loyola University Medical School, Maywood, Illinois.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pinzur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sage
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stuck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osterman
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D014945:Wound Healing