Epidemiology of lower extremity amputation in centres in Europe, North America and East Asia

This study was established to enable a comparison of lower extremity amputation incidence rates between different centres around the world.Ten centres, all with populations greater than 200 000, in Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Italy, North America and England collected data on all amputations done between July 1995 and June 1997. Patients were identified from at least two data sources (to allow checks on ascertainment); denominator populations were...