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Volume 15, Issue 1 (2023)
Iran J War Public Health 2023, 15(1): 27-33 |
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Received: 2022/07/13 | Accepted: 2023/01/10 | Published: 2023/01/21
Received: 2022/07/13 | Accepted: 2023/01/10 | Published: 2023/01/21
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Raheem K, Rahiem O. Comparative Study about Different Years of Amputation with Various Indications. Iran J War Public Health 2023; 15 (1) :27-33
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1- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Fallujah, Fallujah-Anbar, Iraq
2- Department of Surgery, Al- Fallujah Teaching Hospital, Fallujah-Anbar, Iraq
2- Department of Surgery, Al- Fallujah Teaching Hospital, Fallujah-Anbar, Iraq
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Aims: Amputation is a procedure in which an unhealthy limb or a part of it is cut because it is dangerous, or useless or disrupts life. This procedure in itself is considered a crippling procedure, yet it is also a life-saving procedure. This study aimed to compare the causes of amputation in Iraqi subjects for five years (2016-2020).
Instruments & Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 758 amputated patients were investigated from 1st day of 2016 to the last day of 2020 at Al-Hariri Hospital for Surgical Specialty.
Findings: The rate of amputation in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 was 6%, 6%, 4%, 3%, and 2% of total admitted cases, respectively. The highest cause of amputation in 2020 was diabetes mellitus (18%) and mostly in males. Diabetes mellitus and vascular ischemia in both sexes were 18% of total amputated cases in 2019. Trauma was 23% of total amputated cases in 2018, 57% in 2017, and 64% in 2016.
Conclusion: The rate of amputation is not so high. There is a significant association between amputation and gender, age, occupation, and the cause of amputation. There is no significant relationship between amputation and the hospital stay, the parts are either lower or upper, and the side is either left or right. Regarding the indications of amputation, the highest cause of amputations changes every year.
Instruments & Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 758 amputated patients were investigated from 1st day of 2016 to the last day of 2020 at Al-Hariri Hospital for Surgical Specialty.
Findings: The rate of amputation in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 was 6%, 6%, 4%, 3%, and 2% of total admitted cases, respectively. The highest cause of amputation in 2020 was diabetes mellitus (18%) and mostly in males. Diabetes mellitus and vascular ischemia in both sexes were 18% of total amputated cases in 2019. Trauma was 23% of total amputated cases in 2018, 57% in 2017, and 64% in 2016.
Conclusion: The rate of amputation is not so high. There is a significant association between amputation and gender, age, occupation, and the cause of amputation. There is no significant relationship between amputation and the hospital stay, the parts are either lower or upper, and the side is either left or right. Regarding the indications of amputation, the highest cause of amputations changes every year.
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