Prosthetics and Orthotics International · 1987 · 30 citations · 3 references
MedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryOrthopedic SurgeryAmputee RehabilitationTobacco ControlVascular SurgeryAmputationAmputation LevelsAmputation PreventionLower Extremity RehabilitationLower Limb RehabilitationTobacco UseAtherosclerotic Peripheral DiseaseBelow-knee AmputationLower Extremity Amputation PreventionLower Limb Amputation LevelsLower Limb IschemiaLower-limb AmputationPeripheral Vascular InjuryPredictors Of Limb Loss
A review of smoking habits of 77 vascular related amputees demonstrated a high incidence of smoking significantly greater for men than in the general population. Male smoking amputees with atherosclerosis related peripheral vascular disease were found to have a high risk of having an above-knee amputation. Those with diabetes mellitus whether male or female, smokers or not, had a significantly greater chance of having a below-knee amputation. Overall, non-smokers were found more likely to have a below-knee amputation than an above-knee (p less than 0.05).
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The problem of the geriatric amputee.
Pedersen He · PubMed · 1968 · 17 citations
Assessment of tissue viability in relation to the selection of amputation level
V. A. Spence, P T McCollum, W F Walker et al. · Prosthetics and Orthotics International · 1984 · 13 citations · Full text
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