[Prevalence of diabetes in a 5-year material of amputations in Sør-Rogaland].
Good data on diabetic foot disease in Norway is lacking. We present data on major amputations in a local hospital (serving 240,000 inhabitants) during a 5-year period. The total number of major amputations was 17 per year (in 14 patients) per 100,000 inhabitants. This figure is low compared with those of other Scandinavian reports. 37.5% of the patients had diabetes. Smoking is a major risk factor in all groups.
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Medisinsk avdeling, Sentralsjukehuset i Rogaland, Stavanger.
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D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence
Diabetesforekomst i et femårsmateriale av amputasjoner i Sør-Rogaland.