Quality of life three years after major lower extremity amputation due to peripheral arterial disease

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 395-405

  Remes, Leena ^a,b   Isoaho, Raimo ^a,c,d   Vahlberg, Tero ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a,b,e,f   Koskenvuo, Markku ^g   Rautava, Päivi ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU CITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^d Malax Korsnäs Health Center   (Finland)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Amputation; Epidemiology; Peripheral arterial disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTEES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79955386689     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03337735     Document Type: Article

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