Amputations in PAD patients: Data from the German Federal statistical office

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Gutacker, Nils ^a   Neumann, Anja ^a   Santosa, Frans ^b   Moysidis, Theodorus ^b   Kröger, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Helios Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetic foot syndrome; DRG statistics; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76049096827     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X09346658     Document Type: Article

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