Major lower limb amputation : causes, characteristics and complications
المؤلفون المشاركون
Munir, Hamzah
Badr, Usamah
al-Agha, Rani
al-Qasir, Asma
Ismail, Tariq
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 39، العدد 3 (30 سبتمبر/أيلول 2017)، ص ص. 159-161، 3ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2017-09-30
دولة النشر
البحرين
عدد الصفحات
3
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background : The incidence rates of major amputations vary greatly between different countries.
Amputation carries a significant psychological and socioeconomic burden on the individual and the community.
Despite that, major lower limb amputation is a relatively frequent procedure in our center.
To date, there has been no study published to identify the major cause of amputation and the personal characteristics of the patients.
Objective : To identify the causes, patient characteristics and complications of major lower limb amputation.
Design : A Prospective Study.
Setting : Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Method : All patients who underwent major amputation of the lower limb/s from 1 May 2015 to 30 April 2016 were included in the study.
Result : Forty-five patients were included in this study.
Forty-seven major lower limb amputations were performed during the study period.
Forty-one (91.1%) patients were Bahrainis.
Twentynine (64.4%) patients were males and the median age was 66 years.
Thirty (66.7%) patients had no university education.
Thirty-eight (84.4%) patients underwent amputations due to diabetes mellitus (DM) and its related complications.
Seventeen (37.8%) patients had postoperative complications.
Surgical site wound infection (SSI) was the most common postoperative complication, 8 (17.8 %) patients.
The overall 30-day mortality was 10.6%.
Conclusion : Diabetes mellitus and its related complications is the main cause for major lower limb amputation in our study.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
al-Agha, Rani& Munir, Hamzah& al-Qasir, Asma& Ismail, Tariq& Badr, Usamah. 2017. Major lower limb amputation : causes, characteristics and complications. Bahrain Medical Bulletin،Vol. 39, no. 3, pp.159-161.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
al-Agha, Rani…[et al.]. Major lower limb amputation : causes, characteristics and complications. Bahrain Medical Bulletin Vol. 39, no. 3 (Sep. 2017), pp.159-161.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
al-Agha, Rani& Munir, Hamzah& al-Qasir, Asma& Ismail, Tariq& Badr, Usamah. Major lower limb amputation : causes, characteristics and complications. Bahrain Medical Bulletin. 2017. Vol. 39, no. 3, pp.159-161.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-792840
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 161
رقم السجل
BIM-792840
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر