What is generally recognized is that there are disparities in the rates of amputation for type 1 versus type 2 diabetic patients, for different ethnic groups and for patients with multiple co-morbidities. However, with advances in surgical techniques and with modern prosthetics, all categories of patients are benefiting from surgeries in which a longer residual limb can be kept (within surgical constraints related to proper wound healing), and where appropriate biomechanical considerations are taken into account.
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