New technique to prevent diabetic lower-limb amputations

The use of prosthesis in a patient living with diabetes increases the cardiac strain to over 15%, leading to cardiac failure over a period of time. World statistics show that when walking even with the best of prosthesis, mortality at 5 years after unilateral below knee amputation is 50%, and there is 50% mortality after above knee amputation in 3 years, due to cardiac failure.