Amputation for peripheral vascular disease: experience of a district general hospital.
Two hundred and ninety major lower-limb amputations were performed on 286 patients during the period 1969-79. The early mortality rate was 6.9%. The mean age of the amputees was 70.2 (range 35-91) years. The commonest site for amputation was above the knee (77.2%). Failure to obtain immediate satisfactory healing of the stump occurred in 18.4% and reamputation was required in 5.6%. The hospital mortality rate was 25.5%. Routine prophylactic penicillin was not given. One patient developed gas gangrene.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014945:Wound Healing