Capture-recapture method to estimate lower extremity amputation rates in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Método de captura-recaptura para estimar las tasas de amputación del miembro inferior en Río de Janeiro, Brasil

Capture-recapture method to estimate lower extremity amputation rates in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Método de captura-recaptura para estimar las tasas de amputación del miembro inferior en Río de Janeiro, Brasil

Objective. To estimate rates of lower extremity amputations (LEAs) in persons with peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, trauma, neoplasm, osteomyelitis, or emphysematous gangrene. Methods. Regional amputee registries were used to estimate the rate of lower extremity amputations with the c...

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Main Authors: Ethel Rejane Stambovsky Spichler, David Spichler, Ines Lessa, Adriana Costa e Forti, Laercio Joel Franco, Ronald E. LaPorte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2001-11-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Lower extremity amputation
diabetes mellitus
peripheral vascular disease
neoplasm
osteomyelitis
emphysematous gangrene
trauma
capture-recapture
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