Outcomes of a contemporary amputation series

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 300-305

  Lim, Tao S ^a   Finlayson, Andrew ^a   Thorpe, James M ^a   Sieunarine, Kishore ^a   Mwipatayi, Bibombe P ^a   Brady, Anne ^a   Abbas, Manzoor ^a   Angel, Donna ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Complication; Lower limb; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BUERGER DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RATE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33744751537     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03715.x     Document Type: Article

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