TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors for failed healing in amputation for vascular disease
T2 - A prospective, consecutive study of 177 cases
AU - Eneroth, Magnus
AU - Persson, Björn M.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - We examined factors which may lower the mean amputation age and factors which may serve as predictors of success or failure of amputations in the lower extremities for vascular disease in 177 consecutive amputees. Smoking lowered the mean amputation age by 9 years and diabetes by 3 years. Preoperative absence of gangrene in the ischemic limb predicted a higher risk of failure compared to patients with gangrene. Also preoperative hemoglobin > 120 g/L gave a higher risk of failure. Failure to heal was not correlated with age, sex, diabetes, level of amputation, previous vascular surgery, smoking, preoperative blood pressure, serum creatinine, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, blood glucose or temperature.
AB - We examined factors which may lower the mean amputation age and factors which may serve as predictors of success or failure of amputations in the lower extremities for vascular disease in 177 consecutive amputees. Smoking lowered the mean amputation age by 9 years and diabetes by 3 years. Preoperative absence of gangrene in the ischemic limb predicted a higher risk of failure compared to patients with gangrene. Also preoperative hemoglobin > 120 g/L gave a higher risk of failure. Failure to heal was not correlated with age, sex, diabetes, level of amputation, previous vascular surgery, smoking, preoperative blood pressure, serum creatinine, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, blood glucose or temperature.
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U2 - 10.3109/17453679308993647
DO - 10.3109/17453679308993647
M3 - Article
C2 - 8322602
AN - SCOPUS:0027313403
VL - 64
SP - 369
EP - 372
JO - Acta Orthopaedica
JF - Acta Orthopaedica
SN - 1745-3682
IS - 3
ER -