Limb amputations at a Tertiary Hospital in the Developing World:
A Look at Pattern and Indications
Keywords:
Limb amputationAbstract
Objectives: To determine the pattern of amputations in a tertiary centre.
Design: Retrospective.
Setting: Orthopaedic Department of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
Patients: Two hundred and ten (210) Individuals who underwent limb amputations between January 2007 and December 2011.
Results: There were one hundred and forty nine (149) male and sixty one (61) female patients (71% and 29% respectively). The ages ranged from one year (1) to ninety years (90). The mean age at presentation was 42.33±19.96 (SEM = 1.378). Limb ischaemia, trauma and neoplasia made up 55.7%, 35.7% and 4.8% respectively of all cases analyzed. There were one hundred and fifty (150) lower limb amputations and sixty (60) upper limb amputations.
Conclusion: Limb Ischaemia is the commonest indication for amputations done at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
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