Despite mixed reports of a decreasing trend in MLEA in England, it is encouraging that there is no evidence for an increasing trend in the general population considering the increase in prevalence of type 2 diabetes. 49 Some reports found evidence of an increase in the incidence of minor lower limb amputations that may partly explain this. 7 However, there is evidence of a statistically significant rise in the number of amputations in those with type 2 diabetes from one report. 45 This increasing trend was seen over the 1996–2005 period; with no more recent studies, it is unclear as to whether this trend is continuing.
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Understanding variations in reported epidemiology of major lower extremity amputation in the UK: a systematic review.
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