Amputation for peripheral vascular disease: experience of a district general hospital

Autor:	I G, Haynes, M D, Middleton
Rok vydání:	1981
Předmět:	Adult Male Leg Wound Healing Arterial Occlusive Diseases Middle Aged Hospitals District Hospitals General Amputation Surgical England Humans Female Aged Research Article
Zdroj:	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 63(5)
ISSN:	0035-8843
Popis:	Two hundred and ninety major lower-limb amputations were performed on 286 patients during the period 1969-79. The early mortality rate was 6.9%. The mean age of the amputees was 70.2 (range 35-91) years. The commonest site for amputation was above the knee (77.2%). Failure to obtain immediate satisfactory healing of the stump occurred in 18.4% and reamputation was required in 5.6%. The hospital mortality rate was 25.5%. Routine prophylactic penicillin was not given. One patient developed gas gangrene.
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