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Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015

BACKGROUND: In international comparisons, rates of amputations of the lower limb are relatively high in Germany. This study aims to analyze trends in lower limb amputations over time, as well as outcomes of care concerning in-hospital mortality and reamputation rates during the same hospital stay wh...

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Autores principales: Spoden, Melissa, Nimptsch, Ulrike, Mansky, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30612550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3759-5