Connect
MJA
MJA

Partial foot amputations may not always be worth the risk of complications

Michael P Dillon, Stefania Fatone and Meg E Morris
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/mja14.00629
Published online: 16 June 2014

In reply: We appreciate the opportunity to reply to two letters submitted in response to our article.1


  • 1 La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill, USA.



Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Dillon MP, Fatone S, Morris ME. Partial foot amputation may not always be worth the risk of complications. Med J Aust 2014; 200: 252-253. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Dillon MP, Fatone S. Deliberations about the functional benefits and complications of partial foot amputation: do we pay heed to the purported benefits at the expense of minimizing complications? Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2013; 94: 1429-1435.
  • 3. Izumi Y, Satterfield K, Lee S, Harkless LB. Risk of reamputation in diabetic patients stratified by limb and level of amputation: a 10-year observation. Diabetes Care 2006; 29: 566-570.
  • 4. Dillon MP, Kohler F, Peeva V. Incidence of lower limb amputation in Australian hospitals from 2000 to 2010. Prosthet Orthot Int 2014; 38: 122-132.

Author

remove_circle_outline Delete Author
add_circle_outline Add Author

Comment
Do you have any competing interests to declare? *

I/we agree to assign copyright to the Medical Journal of Australia and agree to the Conditions of publication *
I/we agree to the Terms of use of the Medical Journal of Australia *
Email me when people comment on this article

Online responses are no longer available. Please refer to our instructions for authors page for more information.