Trends in lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes in England, 1996-2005

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-282

  Vamos, Eszter Panna ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hospital admissions; Lower extremity amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POVERTY; REOPERATION;

EID: 74449083702     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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