Major amputations in type 2 diabetes between 2001 and 2015 in Spain: regional differences

• Main Authors: María del Cristo Rodríguez Pérez (Author), Chiara Chines (Author), Arturo J. Pedrero García (Author), Djeniffer Sousa (Author), Francisco J. Cuevas Fernández (Author), Itahisa Marcelino-Rodríguez (Author), Santiago Domínguez Coello (Author), Antonio Cabrera de León (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To analyze the trend of lower extremity major amputations (MA) among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Regions of Spain from year 2001 until 2015. Methods Descriptive study of 40,392 MA. Data were obtained from the national hospital discharge database in patien...