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Clark, Gary S.; Blue, Barbara; Bearer, John B.

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1983.tb03721.x

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“…The most common type of amputation (90%) is the removal of a lower extremity (Bradway, Malone, Racy, Leal, & Poole, 1984;Wilson, 1989). Men are more likely t o have amputations than women (Winchell, 1995), and the majority of amputations (75%) are performed on people older than age 65 (Clark, Blue, & Bearer, 1983). There is a high mortality rate among individuals with an amputation; 40-60% of people with lower extremity amputations die within 2 years of their surgery (Cutson & Bongiorni, 1996).…”

Section: Limb Amputationmentioning

confidence: 99%