Fifteen-year trends in lower limb amputation, revascularization, and preventive measures among medicare patients

JAMA Surg. 2015 Jan;150(1):84-6. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1007.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amputation, Surgical / methods
  • Amputation, Surgical / trends*
  • Angiography / methods
  • Databases, Factual
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Limb Salvage / methods
  • Limb Salvage / trends*
  • Lower Extremity / surgery
  • Male
  • Medicare / statistics & numerical data
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / epidemiology
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / surgery*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data*