06 December 2022 : Clinical Research
Surgical Outcomes of Regional Versus General Anesthesia in 203 Patients with Upper- and Lower-Extremity Amputation: A Retrospective Study from a Single Center in Turkey
Nurettin Kurt
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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938603
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e938603
Table 3 The extremity where the amputation was performed and causes of the amputation.
| n | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The extremity where the amputation was performed | Upper extremity finger | 63 | 30.2% | ||
| Below knee | 52 | 25.0% | |||
| Lower extremity toe | 32 | 15.4% | |||
| Above the knee | 30 | 14.4% | |||
| Ankle | 14 | 6.7% | |||
| Wrist | 6 | 2.9% | |||
| Elbow | 5 | 2.4% | |||
| Shoulder | 3 | 1.5% | |||
| Hip | 3 | 1.5% | |||
| Amputated side of extremity | Right | 107 | 52.7% | ||
| Left | 91 | 44.8% | |||
| Bilateral | 5 | 2.5% | |||
| Cause of Amputation | DM complications | 4/70 | 55/19 | 74 | 36.5% |
| Crush injuries | 36/7 | 39/4 | 43 | 21.2% | |
| Firearm-mine injuries | 14/10 | 23/1 | 24 | 11.8% | |
| Peripheral vascular diseases | 2/20 | 15/7 | 22 | 10.8% | |
| Occupational accidents | 12/3 | 14/1 | 15 | 7.4% | |
| Osteomyelitis-infectious | 0/10 | 7/3 | 10 | 4.9% | |
| Traffic accidents | 4/5 | 7/2 | 9 | 4.4% | |
| Malignancies | 2/4 | 5/1 | 6 | 2.9% | |
| Buerger’s disease | 1/3 | 4/0 | 4 | 1.9% | |
| Frostbites-burns | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2 | 1.0% | |
| Anesthesia method used in amputation | U. Ext | 57 (74.0%)/20 (26.0%) | |||
| L. Ext | 81 (64.3%)/45 (35.7%) | ||||
| Total | 138 (67.5%)/65 (32.5%) | ||||
| DM – diabetes mellitus; M – Male; F – Female; U.Ext – upper extremity; L.Ext – lower extremity. | |||||