title: Buerger's disease in Nepal.
abstract: At Tansen Mission Hospital in the middle hill area of Nepal the 4-year discharge data base was surveyed for amputations due to thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease). An incidence of 693/100,000 admissions was found. This is 50 times higher than the North American incidence. We investigated causative factors by means of in-depth interviews about genetic background, life style, diet and geography. In addition to tobacco use which was 100%, we found only extreme poverty, a diet of mostly maize, and residence in the Himalayan foothills as consistent co-factors.
authors.affiliation: Tansen Mission Hospital, Nepal. fleshman@open.org
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fleshman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*