Diabetes-Associated Major Limb Amputation in Solomon Islands: A National, 5-Year Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Solomon Islands is a Western Pacific nation with one of the highest diabetes prevalences in the world. The delivery of surgical care is challenging given the country's complex geography and limited healthcare resources. This retrospective study aims to quantify diabetes-associated major limb amputation and to describe the characteristics of patients undergoing this procedure.

Methods

Demographic, clinical, and surgical data were abstracted for patients who underwent major limb amputation secondary to diabetic infection. Summary statistics were gathered from this dataset. Additionally, patients' village names were abstracted, located from publicly available data, and mapped using ArcPro software. The geodesic distance between villages and the surgical centers perfo

SUBMITTER: Bush DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12338441 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature