Epidemiologic data of trauma-related lower limb amputees: A single center 10-year experience


YASAR E., TOK F., KESIKBURUN S., ADA A. M., KELLE B., GOKTEPE A. S., ...More

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED, vol.48, no.2, pp.349-352, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is three fold: 1) to introduce epidemiologic data of patients with traumarelated amputations as a 10-year experience of a rehabitation center; 2) to determine comorbidities and secondary conditions of lower limb loss; 3) to determine the rehospitalization reasons for lower limb amputee patients.