title: [Clinical analysis of the amputation for diabetic foot in 32 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical rules of amputation for diabetic foot and analyse the perioperative problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-two patients with diabetic foot included 25 male and 7 female with an average age of 65.1 years, ranging from 51 to 78 years. All of them had amputation on single side. Among them, 23 patients underwent amputation once, 8 patients had twice, 1 patient had three times.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients were followed-up for 6 months to 1 year (average 8 months). Two cases complicated with postoperative infection and gave up therapy, the other 30 cases gained wound healing finally and pain relief, recovery to normal life and work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevention and active treatment is the key for the diabetic foot. For the refractory infection the proper and correct amputation is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xi-jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies