Press Release: Procedures Saving Limbs of More Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients, Mayo Clinic Finds Amputation study among several being presented at Society for Vascular Surgery conference Quote: Peripheral arterial disease is a common circulation problem in which reduced blood flow can lead to complications that jeopardize the limbs, possibly even requiring amputation. Procedures known as revascularization have reduced the need for amputations 40 percent over two decades, Mayo Clinic research shows
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Revascularization has reduced the need for amputations by 40%