Lower extremity amputations in chronically dialysed patients: A 10 year study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 501-505

  Korzets, Asher ^a,d   Ori, Yaacov ^a,d   Rathaus, Mauro ^b,d   Plotnik, Nora ^b,d   Baytner, Shlomo ^a,d   Gafter, Uzi ^a,d   Isakov, Eli ^c,d  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amputations; Dialysis; Peripheral vascular disease; Prosthetic rehabilitation; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ILOPROST;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PROSTHESIS; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UREMIA; AMPUTATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042567234     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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