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Major lower limb amputations.
A retrospective study of major lower limb amputations carried out in the Orthopaedic Department of the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, during the period 1972-79, revealed that diabetes mellitus was the cause in 43 percent of all lower amputations, followed by tumours and trauma. Post-amputation complications due to wound sepsis and wound breakdown were highest in diabetic patients, because of p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1883
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1883.02390220006001b