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Lower-limb Amputation

Lower-Limb Amputation is a surgical intervention involving the removal of a portion or all of the lower extremity, distinguished from other amputation types by its specific anatomical localization to the leg, foot, or associated structures below the pelvis.

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Lower Extremity Amputation

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Pathways to Diabetic Limb Amputation: Basis for Prevention

Roger E. Pecoraro, Gayle E. Reiber, Ernest M. Burgess · Diabetes Care · 1990 · 1.6K citations

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Ethnic Disparities in Diabetic Complications in an Insured Population

Andrew J. Karter · JAMA · 2002 · 842 citations

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Limb Amputation and Limb Deficiency: Epidemiology and Recent Trends in the United States

Timothy R. Dillingham, Liliana E. Pezzin, Ellen J. MacKenzie · Southern Medical Journal · 2002 · 820 citations

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National trends in lower extremity bypass surgery, endovascular interventions, and major amputations

Philip P. Goodney, Adam W. Beck, Jan Nagle et al. · Journal of Vascular Surgery · 2009 · 676 citations · Full text

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Medial Artery Calcification

Seppo Lehto, Leo Niskanen, Matti Suhonen et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 1996 · 593 citations

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  1. JH
    Jan H. B. Geertzen

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    26 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. GE
    Gayle E. Reiber

    University of Washington, United States

    18 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. DG
    Douglas G. Smith

    University of Washington, United States

    21 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. JM
    Joseph M. Czerniecki

    University of Washington, United States

    20 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. MS
    Michael S. Pinzur

    Loyola University Medical Center, United States

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

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  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    42 h-index

    243 publications

    27.7K citations

  2. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    28 h-index

    137 publications

    8.1K citations

  3. VA Puget Sound Health Care System

    Seattle, United States

    28 h-index

    122 publications

    14.7K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    127 publications

    9K citations

  5. University Medical Center Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    25 h-index

    109 publications

    5.6K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    22 h-index

    133 publications

    6.9K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    20 h-index

    61 publications

    10.2K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    20 h-index

    108 publications

    8K citations

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  1. Diabetes Care

    76 publications · 12.3K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 286 publications · 10.3K citations

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  3. Prosthetics and Orthotics International

    105 publications · 4.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Vascular Surgery

    58 publications · 4.5K citations

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