SUJETOS CON AMPUTACIONES EN LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES ESTUDIO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE CINCO AÑOS.

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Title:	SUJETOS CON AMPUTACIONES EN LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES ESTUDIO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE CINCO AÑOS.
Alternate Title:	Amputations. A five-year epidemiological study in Buenos Aires City.
Authors:	MENDELEVICH, ALEJANDRO¹ alemende@hotmail.com.ar, KRAMER, MARCIA¹, MAIARÚ, MARIANO¹, MÓDICA, MARIELA¹, OSTOLAZA, MARCO¹, PERALTA, FEDERICO¹
Source:	Medicina (Buenos Aires). 2015, Vol. 75 Issue 6, p384-386. 3p. 3 Charts.
Abstract (English):	An amputation is the removal of a limb by surgery or accident. The aim of this paper was to carry out an epidemiological analysis on patients with amputations treated at the Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica between 2009 and 2013. This is a retrospective, observational and cross-sectional study. The analyzed data included a total of 262 patients: 180 men (68.7%) and 82 women (31.3%). Our population mainly included subjects with only one amputated lower limb (83.6%), of vascular etiology (mostly diabetics) and with an average age of 63.5 years. The second sample group comprised traumatic amputees (29.8%), with an average age of 37 years and with a higher frequency of phantom pain. The characteristics of these groups can make them to behave differently during rehabilitation [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	Una amputación es la remoción de una extremidad del cuerpo por una cirugía o accidente. El objetivo de este trabajo fue realizar un análisis epidemiológico de los pacientes con amputaciones que concurrieron al Servicio de Kinesiología del Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica entre los años 2009 y 2013: estudio retrospectivo, observacional y transversal. Se analizaron los datos de 262 sujetos, 180 hombres (68.7%) y 82 mujeres (31.3%), de una población conformada mayoritariamente por sujetos con un miembro inferior amputado (83.6%), de etiología vascular (mayoría de diabéticos), con una media de 63.5 años de edad. Un segundo grupo en la muestra estuvo conformado por amputados de etiología traumática (29.8%), mediana de 37 años de edad y con mayor frecuencia de dolor fantasma. Las características de estos grupos pueden hacer que se comporten de manera diferente durante la rehabilitación. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	An amputation is the removal of a limb by surgery or accident. The aim of this paper was to carry out an epidemiological analysis on patients with amputations treated at the Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica between 2009 and 2013. This is a retrospective, observational and cross-sectional study. The analyzed data included a total of 262 patients: 180 men (68.7%) and 82 women (31.3%). Our population mainly included subjects with only one amputated lower limb (83.6%), of vascular etiology (mostly diabetics) and with an average age of 63.5 years. The second sample group comprised traumatic amputees (29.8%), with an average age of 37 years and with a higher frequency of phantom pain. The characteristics of these groups can make them to behave differently during rehabilitation [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	00257680