Influencing factors of outcome after lower-limb amputation: A five-year review in a plastic surgical department

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-318

  Chen, Meng Chum ^a,b   Lee, Su Shin ^a,d   Hsieh, Ya Lun ^c   Wu, Shu Jung ^a   Lai, Chung Sheng ^a   Lin, Sin Daw ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetic foot; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC FOOT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; AGNOSIA; AMPUTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FAMILY; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHANTOM LIMB; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 53149094353     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181571379     Document Type: Article

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