Mortality and Reoperations following lower limb amputations

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 83-87

  Rosen, Noam ^a   Gigi, Roy ^a   Haim, Amir ^a   Salai, Moshe ^a   Chechik, Ofr ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Above knee amputation (AKA); Below knee amputation (BKA); Gangrene; Infection; Ischemia; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ISRAEL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84893872185     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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