Patients' perception and attitude to surgical amputation in Makurdi, North Central Nigeria

Patients' perception and attitude to surgical amputation in Makurdi, North Central Nigeria

Background: There has been a global rise in surgical amputations because of vascular complications of diabetes mellitus, among other factors. About 22% of patients usually decline or delay consent for the operation leading to poor outcomes. Objective: This study aimed to determine patients' per...

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Main Authors: Williams Terhemen Yongu, Joseph Namgwa Kortor, Daniel Demesugh Mue, Samuel Terzungwe Anhange, Timothy Musa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
amputation
attitude
makurdi
perception
prosthesis
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=4;spage=623;epage=627;aulast=Yongu

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