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Risk of contralateral lower limb amputation and death after initial lower limb amputation – a population-based study
BACKGROUND: Lower limb amputation (LLA) is a complication of lower limb atherosclerosis, infection and tissue gangrene. Following ipsilateral LLA, the risk of major amputation of the contralateral limb or of death is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of a contralateral ma...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180416/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30320234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00836 |