Lower extremity amputation protocol: a pilot enhanced recovery pathway for vascular amputees

Lower extremity amputation protocol: a pilot enhanced recovery pathway for vascular amputees

Vascular patients, an inherently older, frail population, account for >80% of major lower extremity amputations (transtibial or transfemoral) in the United States. Retrospective data have shown that early physical therapy and discharge to an acute rehabilitation facility decreases the postoperati...

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Main Authors: Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD, FACS, Yazen Qumsiyeh, MD, Heather Matheny, MD, Sammy S. Siada, DO, Yueqi Yan, PhD, Jade S. Hiramoto, MD, FACS, Cambia Rome, MD, Rachel C. Dirks, PhD, Anne Prentice, MD, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Subjects:
Amputation
ERAS
LEAP
Vascular amputee
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428722001423

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