Lower limb amputations: Differences between the genders and long-term survival

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Heikkinen, M ^a   Saarinen, J ^a   Suominen, V P ^a   Virkkunen, J ^a   Salenius, J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amputation; Etiology; Incidence; Lowerlimb gender differences; Survival; Vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35848967607     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640601040244     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bertele, V., Roncaglioni, M. C., Pangrazzi, J., Terzian, E. and Tognoni, E. G. (1999) Clinical outcome and its predictors in 1560 patients with critical leg ischaemia. Chronic Critical Leg Ischaemia Group. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 18, pp. 401-410.
2. Ebskov, L. B., Schroeder, T. V. and Holstein, P. E. (1994) Epidemiology of leg amputation: The influence of vascular surgery. Br J Surg, 81, pp. 1600-1603.
3. Feinglass, J., Kaushik, S., Handel, D., Kosifas, A., Martin, G. and Pearce, W. (2000) Peripheral bypass surgery and amputation: Northern Illinois demographics, 1993 to 1997. Arch Surg, 135, pp. 75-80.
4. Hiltunen, L., Laara, E., Kivela, S. L. and Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, S. (1998) Glucose tolerance and mortality in an elderly Finnish population. Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 39, pp. 75-81.
5. Kannus, P., Niemi, S., Parkkari, J. and Palvanen, M. (2001) Epidemiology of adulthood injuries: A quickly changing injury profile in Finland. J Clin Epidemiol, 54, pp. 597-602.
6. Laakso, M., Ronnemaa, T., Lehto, S., Puukka, P., Kallio, V. and Pyorala, K. (1995) Does NIDDM increase the risk for coronary Least disease similarly in both low- and high-risk populations?. Diabetologia, 38, pp. 487-493.
7. Lepäntalo, M. and Mätzke, S. (1996) Outcome of unreconstructed chronic critical leg ischaemia. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 11, pp. 153-157.
8. Lindholt, J. S., Bovling, S., Fasting, H. and Henneberg, E. W. (1994) Vascular surgery reduces the frequency of lower limb major amputations. Eur J Vasc Surg, 8, pp. 31-35.
9. Luther, M. (1994) The influence of arterial reconstructive surgery on the outcome of critical leg ischemia. Eur J Vasc Surg, 8, pp. 682-689.
10. Luther, M., Kantonen, I., Lepäntalo, M., Salenius, J. -P., Ylönen, K. and FINNVASC Study Group (2000) Arterial intervention and reduction in amputation for chronic critical leg ischaemia. Br J Surg, 87, pp. 454-458.
11. Mähönen, M., Salomaa, V., Brommels, M., Molarius, A., Miettinen, H., Pyörälä, K., Tuomilehto, J., Arstila, M., Kaarsalo, E., Ketonen, M., Kuulasmaa, K., Lehto, S., Mustaniemi, H., Niemelä, M., Palomäki, P., Torppa, J. and Vuorenmaa, T. (1997) The validity of hospital discharge register data on coronary heart disease in Finland. Eur J Epidemiol, 13, pp. 403-415.
12. Morris, A. D., McAlpine, R., Steinke, D., Boyle, D IR, Ebrahim, A. R., Vasudev, N., Stewart, C. P., Jung, R. T., Leese, G. P., MacDonald, T. M. and Newton, R. W. (1998) Diabetes and lower-limb amputations in the community. Diabetes Care, 21, pp. 738-743.
13. Mulnier, H. E., Seaman, H. E., Raleigh, V. S., Soedamah-Muthu, S. S., Colhoun, H. M. and Lawrenson, R. A. (2006) Mortality in people with type 2 diabetes in the UK. Diabet Med, 23, pp. 516-521.
14. Pell, J. and Stonebridge, P. (1999) Association between age and survival following major amputation. The Scottish Vascular Audit Group. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 17, pp. 166-169.
15. Pohjalainen, T. and Alaranta, H. (1999) Epidemiology of lower limb amputees in Southern Finland in 1995 and trends since 1984. Prosthet Orthot Int, 23, pp. 88-92.
16. Rahkonen, O., Berg, M. A. and Puska, P. (1992) The development of smoking in Finland from 1978 to 1990. Br J Addict, 87, pp. 103-110.
17. Raymond, N. T., Langley, J. D., Goyder, E., Botha, J. L., Burden, A. C. and Hearnshaw, J. R. (1995) Insulin treated diabetes mellitus: Causes of death determined from record linkage of population based registers in Leicestershire, UK. J Epidemiol Community Health, 49, pp. 570-574.
18. Tuomilehto, J., Rastenyte, D., Jousilahti, P., Sarti, C. and Vartiainen, E. (1996) Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for death from stroke. Prospective study of the middle-aged Finnish population. Stroke, 27, pp. 210-215.
19. Whiteley, L., Padmanabhan, S., Hole, D. and Isles, C. (2005) Should diabetes be considered a coronary heart disease risk equivalent? Results from 25 years of follow-up in the Renfrew and Paisley survey. Diabetes Care, 28, pp. 1588-1593.
20. Wrobel, J. S., Mayfield, J. A. and Reiber, C. E. (2001) Geographic variation of lower-extremity major amputation in individuals with and without diabetes in the Medicare population. Diabetes Care, 24, pp. 860-864.