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 Associate Professor Yukihito Higashi
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With lifestyle diseases such as diabetes mellitus, blood vessels get thinner and periphery vessels get blocked, leading to arteriosclerosis obliterans which is noticeable by necrosis in the fingertips. Because susceptibility to infectious disease rises, not just with fingers but also with feet, it is sometimes necessary to amputate buttocks or calves that foster healthy blood vessels. Every year, there are about 10,000 people throughout Japan (estimated 250-300 in Hiroshima prefecture) where internal or surgical treatment does not succeed, and..... |
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