Lower limb amputation in England: prevalence, regional variation and relationship with revascularisation, deprivation and risk factors. A retrospective review of hospital data

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 483-489

  Ahmad, Naseer ^a   Thomas, G Neil ^b   Gill, Paramjit ^b   Chan, Colin ^c   Torella, Francesco ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amputation; peripheral vascular disease; prevalence; revascularisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDICES OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION 2010 SCORE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEE; DIABETIC FOOT; ENGLAND; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84919433394     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076814557301     Document Type: Article

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