The impact of previous surgery and revisions on outcome after major lower limb amputation

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1166-1171

  Barnes, Rachel ^a   Souroullas, Panos ^a   Lane, Risha A ^a   Chetter, Ian ^a  

^a HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMPUTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84902778192     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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