| Cause |
Cause of Upper Limb Amputations |
Cause of Lower Limb Amputiations |
|
|
|
| TRAUMA |
167 |
390 |
|
|
|
| Mechanical |
93 |
207 |
| Electrical |
13 |
12 |
| Thermal |
4 |
10 |
| Chemical |
0 |
12 |
| No additional detail |
57 |
149 |
|
|
|
| DYSVASCULARITY |
25 |
3353 |
|
|
|
| Diabetes Mellitus |
5 |
1303 |
| Non-diabetic Arteriosclerosis |
4 |
1000 |
| Embolism |
6 |
74 |
| Vasocpatic Conditions (inc. Raynaud’s) |
0 |
7 |
| Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation |
1 |
3 |
| Endovascular Chemical Trauma (=Substance Abuse) |
|
12 |
| Buerger’s Disease |
1 |
13 |
| Latrogenic Cascular Trauma |
|
22 |
| Arteritis (inc. Rheumatoid Arthritis, autoimmune Disease) |
3 |
43 |
| Venous Disease |
1 |
45 |
| No additional detail |
4 |
831 |
|
|
|
| INFECTION |
16 |
262 |
|
|
|
| Accute |
4 |
48 |
| Chronic |
5 |
152 |
| No Additional Detail |
7 |
62 |
|
|
|
| NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER |
4 |
65 |
|
|
|
| Diabetic Neuropathy |
|
30 |
| Infective (inc. Leprosy, Madura Foot) |
1 |
7 |
| Spinda Bifida |
|
12 |
| Polomyelitis |
|
2 |
| Peripheral Nerve Injury |
2 |
5 |
| No additional detail |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| NEOPLASIA |
43 |
121 |
|
|
|
| Benign |
|
2 |
| Malignant – Primary |
39 |
86 |
| Malignant – Secondary |
|
7 |
| No Additional Details |
4 |
26 |
|
|
|
| CONGENITAL ABSENCE |
|
|
|
|
|
| Congenital absence – no amputation |
|
|
| Congenital abnormality – surgical amputation |
|
|
|
|
|
| OTHER |
55 |
540 |
|
|
|
| NO CAUSE PROVIDED |
1 |
38 |
|
|
|
|
311 |
4769 |
