foot infections and were more likely to need major limb amputation, compared with 6 months previously.
During the first amputation, doctors had tried to save the left half of Miller’s right foot: preserving the ankle significantly improves life expectancy. But the infection kept climbing, turning what remained of his foot cold and purplish-black. So “they had to chop even more,” Miller says.Miller says the original amputation was “definitely preventable.
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