Changing dynamics in lower-extremity amputation in China

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1778-1781

  Wong, Margaret Wan Nar ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amputation; China; Postoperative complications; Rehabilitation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 25144504318     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.03.025     Document Type: Article

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