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028			_bWurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102:
028			_b P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania:
028			_b Phone: +255 28 298 3384:
028			_bFax: +255 28 298 3386:
028			_bEmail: vc@bugando.ac.tz:
028			_b www.bugando.ac.tz
035			_aCUHAS/MD/4001796/T/16
040			_bEnglish _cDDC
041			_aEnglish
041			_aKiswahili
100			_aNaomi Nelson Salema _922209 _dCUHAS/MD/4001796/T/16
245			_a Prevalence and aetiological factors contributing to limb amputation among patients admitted at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : _c©2021
300			_aviii; 24 Pages
300			_aIncludes References
520			_aAbstract: Background: Amputation of limbs is one of the oldest surgical procedure with artificial limbs identified from over 2000 years ago. The prevalence of etiological factors leading to amputation vary among different populations. The worldwide prevalence of amputation range from 3.1-5.8 per 100,000 persons. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a major cause of limb amputation in developed countries. However, road traffic accidents (RTA), uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and malignancies are the leading causes of amputation in developing countries. Many studies conducted on amputation focused more on the lower limb amputation and their etiological factors our setting. Methodology: This study was a retrospective cross section study done at Bugando medical centre from August 2016 to August 2020 involving 114 patients with amputated limbs at BMC during study period. Data were collected retrospectively from patients’ medical files and analysed using SPSS version 20.0 Results: A total of 114 patients were recruited into the study. Age ranged from 1 to 100 years with a median age of 41-50 year the prevalence of limb amputation is 1.008%. Male predominated female with 76 patients (66.7%). The most common for Limb amputation were diabetes mellitus (35.1%), trauma (31.6%), and peripheral vascular diseases (14%). Majority of amputations involved lower limb amputation with 81.6% of all cases. Moreover, below knee amputation was the most performed with 47.37% followed by above knee amputation occupied 31.21%. Amputation which performed as elective procedure contained majority of cases (55.3%) compared to emergency amputation (44.7%)
600			_xOrthopedics & Trauma
600			_xBiochemistry and Molecular Biology.
700			_a Mkinze, Baraka _922210
700			_aFelix Tarimo
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