title: [Progress in amputation technique of diabetic foot].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the progress in amputation technique of diabetic foot.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent literature concerning the amputation technique of diabetic foot was reviewed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the different levels of the amputation, the diabetic foot's amputation can be classified as major amputation and minor amputation, and different kinds of methods can derive from these styles. Different factors should be considered when the style and method of amputation are chosen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the diabetic foot amputation, the general rule is to limit the amputation level on the premise of the good clinical effect. The health state, the region of the diabetic foot, the tissue perfusion, the susceptibility to infection in local tissue, and the ability of wound healing are important factors in selecting the styles and methods of diabetes-related amputations. Importance should be attached to the synthesis treatments of diabetes to prevent the higher level amputation.
authors: Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, PR China.
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Yu
authors: Guangrong
authors: G
authors: Yu
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014945:Wound Healing