Very low survival rates after non-traumatic lower limb amputation in a consecutive series: What to do?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 543-547

  Kristensen, Morten Tange ^a   Holm, Gitte ^a   Kirketerp Møller, Klaus ^a   Krasheninnikoff, Michael ^a   Gebuhr, Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amputation; Fatal outcome; Lower limb; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NON TRAUMATIC LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOE AMPUTATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863463883     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr075     Document Type: Article

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