Publications

Study Type:
Quantitative Study

Sample Size:
NA

The Research party:
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine FOM, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Main Idea or Research Questions:
Data on diabetes-related lower extremities amputations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and perhaps in all countries of the Middle East and North African (MENA)are limited, in view of the absence of national registries. This review aims to challenge media figures by review of data in the local database of the author, available published data, as well as by analysis of recent annual reports of the Saudi Ministry of Health to estimate the magnitude of the problem.