Diabetes mellitus and non-traumatic lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa, during 2009 and 2010

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1053-1056

  Dunbar, Graeme L ^a   Hellenberg, Derek A ^a   Levitt, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Lower extremity amputations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIA; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEPSIS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ULCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84948733377     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2015.v105i12.9276     Document Type: Article

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