
General Orthopaedics
Fenofibrate produces a reduction in amputation events in type II diabetics
Lancet. 2009 May 23;373(9677):1780-89795 patients with type II diabetes were randomized to receive daily treatment with 200 mg of fenofibrate or equivalent placebo treatment. This study examined the effect of a long-term lipid-lowering treatment on occurrence of amputation and reduction of adverse outcomes of the macro- and micro-vasculature. At 5 year follow-up, fenofibrate produced a reduction in non-traumatic amputations observed in type II diabetics.
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