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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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Autores principales: Huseynova, K., Sutradhar, R., Booth, G.L., Huang, A., Ray, J.G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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