OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiology and conditions frequently seen in major lower extremity amputation. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Sri Lanka, from October 2013 to September 2014. METHODOLOGY Major lower limb amputations were identified according to ICD-10 criteria. Data was retrospectively collected. Type of the amputati...

AIM To asses the intermediate rehabilitation outcome of patients with war-related below-knee amputations and compare it with the patients with other causes of amputation. METHOD The study comprised 74 patients with below-knee stumps admitted for rehabilitation at the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Split University Hospital, Croatia, in 1994. They were fitted with a prelimi...

OBJECTIVE It was to identify trends of traumatic and non-traumatic causes of lower limb amputations, as well as the role played by population aging, traffic violence increase, public health policy of diabetes control program and drivers anti-alcohol laws on these amputations. METHOD Hospitalization data recorded in the discharge forms of 32 hospitals located in the region of Ribeirão Preto, B...

BACKGROUND Amputations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus substantially impair their quality of life and impose high costs on health-care systems. Our aim was to assess the effect of fenofibrate on amputation events in a large cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS In the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study, 9795 patients aged 50-75 years with ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the characteristics of children with traumatic amputations and the products associated with these injuries. METHODS Data regarding amputation injuries to children younger than 18 years treated in US emergency departments from 1990 to 2002 were obtained from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. Data included demographics, product involved, and body region in...