Substantial reduction in the number of amputations among patients with diabetes: a cohort study over 16 years

Diabetologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-129

  Rasmussen, Benjamin S B ^a   Yderstraede, Knud B ^a   Carstensen, Bendix ^b   Skov, Ole ^a   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Diabetic patients

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; GENDER; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMPUTATION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949320754     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3781-7     Document Type: Article

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