Mortality in diabetic and nondiabetic patients after amputations performed from 1996 to 2005 in a tertiary hospital population: a 3-year follow-up study.

Aims: Diabetes is the leading cause of lower-extremity amputations worldwide. The objective of this study was to look at the survival after first amputation between subjects with and without diabetes in a sample of Greek population.

Method: We performed a retrospective study of all nontrauma, nonneoplasm-related amputations performed in a tertiary centre during the years 1996-2005 in diabetic (n=183) and nondiabetic patients (n=75).