Rehabilitation of Lower Extremity Amputation Due to Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease in Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Lucke, Caroline ^a   Beindorff, Nicole ^b   Roy, Thomas ^b   Hoy, L ^a   Lucke, Christoph ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medizinisch geriatrisches Zentrum H   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032959774     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449903300107     Document Type: Article

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