Clinical characteristics and survival of patients with diabetes mellitus following non-traumatic lower extremity amputation

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 145-149

  Wiessman, Maya Paryente ^a   Liberty, Idit F ^b   Wilkof Segev, Renana ^a   Katz, Tiberiu ^c   Tailakh, Muhammad Abu ^a   Novack, Victor ^a  

^a Departments of Clinical Research Center   (Israel)

^b Departments of Internal Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; Lower extremity amputation (lea)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84925362262     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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