Diabetes-related leg amputations in elderly North Carolinians. A status report and a challenge

N C Med J. 1999 Nov-Dec;60(6):346-50.

Authors

M K Chowdhury¹, S B Craig, K L Goonan, L M Henderson

Affiliation

¹ MRNC, Releigh 27627, USA.

PMID: 10581943

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Amputation, Surgical / economics
Amputation, Surgical / statistics & numerical data*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / epidemiology
Diabetic Foot / epidemiology
Diabetic Foot / etiology
Diabetic Foot / surgery*
Female
Health Care Costs
Hospitalization / economics
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Length of Stay / economics
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
North Carolina / epidemiology
Registries
Survival Rate