Lower extremity amputations: Factors associated with mortality or contralateral amputation

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 608-613

  Shah, Samir K ^a   Bena, James F ^a   Allemang, Matthew T ^b   Kelso, Rebecca ^a   Clair, Daniel G ^a   Vargas, Lina ^a   Kashyap, Vikram S ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

contralateral amputation; major amputation; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION FREE SURVIVAL; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION;

CONTRALATERAL AMPUTATION; MAJOR AMPUTATION; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887904688     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: 19389116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574413503715     Document Type: Review

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