title: Why do nonwhite patients undergo amputation more commonly than white patients?
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of South Florida Health, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA. killig@health.usf.edu
authors.forename: Karl A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Illig
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*