All-Cause Mortality Amongst Patients Undergoing Above and Below Knee Amputation in a Regional Vascular Centre within 2014-2015.

Major lower limb amputation remains a common treatment for patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in whom other measures have failed. It has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, including risks from venous thromboembolism (VTE).A two-year retrospective cohort study was conducted involving 79 patients who underwent major lower limb amputation (below- or above-knee amputation) between January 2014 and December 2015 in a...