Major Lower Extremity Amputation after Multiple Revascularizations: Was It Worth It?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Reed, Amy B ^a   Delvecchio, Cindy ^a   Giglia, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVAL; TELEPHONE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 42949131708     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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