ArticleFrontiers in surgery2026
Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with amputation level progression in patients with diabetic foot.
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Background: Amputation-level progression after below-knee amputation (BKA) is associated with functional and psychological burden in diabetic foot disease. We evaluated the association between preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and short-term progression from BKA to above-knee amputation (AKA). Methods: This single-center retrospective cohort included 105 consecutive adults undergoing primary transtibial BKA for diabetic foot complications. The primary outcome was conversion from the index BKA to AKA within 3 months. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, disease severity, perioperative, and 12-Item Short Form Health Survey Version 1 (SF-12v1) data were obtained from medical records. A parsimonious multivariable logistic regression model including age, Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) stage, Wagner grade, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum albumin, and NLR evaluated the adjusted association between NLR and amputation-level progression. Sensitivity analyses examined NLR estimate stability across alternative specifications. Receiver operating characteristic analysis explored the apparent discriminative ability of NLR. Results: Within 3 months, 53 of 105 patients (50.5%) progressed from BKA to AKA. Median preoperative NLR was higher among patients with progression than among those maintaining the initial BKA level [10.42 (interquartile range: 5.68-13.03) vs. 5.47 (3.24-9.04), Conclusions: Preoperative NLR was associated with early amputation-level progression after adjustment for available covariates. NLR may provide adjunctive information regarding systemic inflammatory burden but should not be interpreted as a validated standalone predictor or clinical decision threshold. These hypothesis-generating findings require confirmation in larger prospective multicenter cohorts with comprehensive vascular data and internal and external validation.
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