Delayed amputation in lower limb trauma: An analysis of factors leading to delayed amputation

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-230

  Thiagarajan, P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amputation; Delay; Mangled extremity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INNERVATION; KNEE; LEG; LEG INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033088783     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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