Erschienen in:
20.03.2017 | CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Predictors of major amputation
verfasst von:
Wagner Ramos Borges, Aquiles Tadashi Ywata de Carvalho, Roque Aras Junior
Erschienen in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Ausgabe 7/2017
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Excerpt
Chronic critical ischemia of the lower limbs with respective functional loss continues to be a major public health problem, particularly in developing countries and patients with diabetes. Despite advances in diagnostic methods and innovations in endovascular treatment, amputation is still common, with great psychosocial impact. This study aims to identify possible predictor factors of major amputations in these patients. …