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Table 1 The nondiabetic patients with vascular dysfunction from KS catchment area amputated at KS, and diabetic patients from KS catchment area amputated at KS or DS (females/males)

From: A retrospective analysis of amputation rates in diabetic patients: can lower extremity amputations be further prevented?

Year

Number of patients

Transfemoral

Transtibial

Major

Minor

 

D-

D+

D-

D+

D-

D+

D-

D+

D-

D+

2000

6

(3/3)

17

(7/10)

2

5

4

9

6

14

0

3

2001

10

(3/7)

22

(6/16)

4

4

4

13

8

17

2

5

2002

12

(8/4)

20

(6/14)

5

3

6

15

11

18

1

2

2003

4

(2/2)

14

(7/7)

0

0

4

9

4

9

0

5

2004

11

(4/7)

24

(7/17)

2

2

7

9

9

11

2

13

2005

11

(6/5)

16

(9/7)

4

4

7

8

11

12

0

4

2006

17

(13/4)

10

(3/7)

2

2

9

5

11

7

6

3

Total

71

(39/32)

123

(45/78)

19

20

41

68

60

88

11

35

  1. D-: patients without diabetes mellitus from the catchment area of KS amputated at KS due to vascular dysfunction; D+: patients with diabetes mellitus from the catchment area of KS amputated at KS or DS; major: transfemoral and transtibial amputations; minor: amputations of foot or toe. Re- and double amputations are not shown.
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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