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Total contact casting reduces foot amputations, study finds

Those who are treating diabetic foot ulcers should evaluate modern total contact casting techniques, according to a new analysis. Researchers led by Caroline Fife, M.D., looked at a wound care ...
Business Wire

In Honor of National Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month, THE SAGE GROUP Comments on the Costs and Consequences of the Amputation Lottery

BEAUFORT, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to, Mary L. Yost, President of THE SAGE GROUP, “The probability of undergoing major amputation (MA) depends on who you are, and where you live, ‘The ...
Yahoo Finance

St. Luke's First in Region to Provide Novel Treatment for Avoiding Lower-Extremity Amputations

BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Luke's University Health Network physicians are offering a new minimally invasive procedure that offers hope to persons facing likely amputation of a ...
Business Wire

According to THE SAGE GROUP, Treating Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) with Major Amputation Costs Over $22 Billion, Results in a Significant Misallocation of Healthcare Resources ...

BEAUFORT S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent ProPublica article spotlights racial disparities in amputation in the Mississippi Delta and enumerates the tragic human consequences of amputation, as well as ...
Medscape

Increased Peripheral Revascularization Rates Lead to Reduced Rates of Diabetic Amputations

October 9, 2009 (Vienna, Austria) — A reduction in major amputations associated with diabetic foot followed the increased rates of peripheral revascularization that occurred after implementation of ...