Incidence of lower limb amputation in Australian hospitals from 2000 to 2010

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-132

  Dillon, Michael P ^a   Kohler, Friedbert ^b,c   Peeva, Victoria ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HammondCare Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Incidence; Lower limb; Partial foot; Partial foot amputation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FOOT AMPUTATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG AMPUTATION; TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATION; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION; FEMUR; FOOT; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIBIA; TRENDS;

AMPUTATION; AUSTRALIA; FEMUR; FOOT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 84902178900     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364613490441     Document Type: Article

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