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Title: Cohort R45: Amputation
Summary: Twenty-one Veterans Administration hospitals reported all lower extremity amputations performed for ischemia during 1967. Surveys were completed on all amputees at specified times: 1) within 72 hours of surgery; 2) at discharge or at three months after amputation; 3) at one year; and 4) at two years after the last amputation in 1967. A total of 559 amputations were performed in 427 patients.
References:
Kihn RB, Warren R, and Beebe GW. The Geriatric Amputee. Annals of Surgery, 176(3): 305-314, 1972.
Keywords: amputation; ischemia; veterans
Cohort Characteristics: 427 total records
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Data item |
Cohort (n=427) |
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Full name: |
100% complete |
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Social security number: |
100% complete |
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VA claim folder number: |
91% complete |
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Race: |
100% complete |
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White: |
82% |
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Sex: |
100% complete |
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Male: |
99% |
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Date of birth: |
100% complete |
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Date of death: |
48% complete |
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Cause of death: |
94% complete |
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Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 01:42 PM
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