Relative mortality in lower limb amputees with diabetes mellitus
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Relative mortality in lower limb amputees with diabetes mellitus.
A nationwide epidemiological study included 3516 primary major lower limb amputations in diabetic patients, during the period 1982 to 1992. On this well defined diabetic amputee population the relative mortality (Standard Mortality Ratio, SMR) has been analysed. The mortality rate was found to be 8 times the expected during the first year following amputation. The relative mortality is higher f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prosthetics & Orthotics International
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0309-3646
DOI: 10.3109/03093649609164436