Outpatient foot care: correlation to amputation level.

摘要: A retrospective analysis of Department Veterans Affairs automated inpatient and outpatient records was performed for 3945 patients who underwent lower extremity amputation surgery due to peripheral vascular disease during fiscal year 1991. Demographic clinical data were collected from reviewing patient database information all Hospitals nationwide. Patients identified the Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology codes amputations, then divided into three groups (above knee, below foot ankle) based on most proximal level performed.Results indicate that increased use designated care clinics significantly associated with more distal surgery. above-the-knee amputations averaged 1.0 clinic visit in 2 years prior amputation, whereas below-the-knee ankle amputees 2.8 5.3 visits, respectively (F ...