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Amputations and Rehabilitation
Amputation of a lower limb is a life-altering event and is often perceived as a failure of conservative treatment or an inevitable, unpreventable consequence of diabetes. This is erroneous, and an amputation s...
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Clinical Presentation, Etiology, and Diagnostic Considerations
Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a rare disease that affects about 1 in 100,000 individuals. It is usually the result of atherosclerotic changes of the aorta at the ostia of the mesenteric vessels. This le...