Counting the cost of preventable diabetes-related lower limb amputations at a single district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal: what does this mean, what can be done?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Counting the cost of preventable diabetes-related lower limb amputations at a single district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal: what does this mean, what can be done?

Published:2020-05-03 Issue:2 Volume:25 Page:44-50
ISSN:1608-9677
Container-title:Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa

Author:

Thompson AT¹²^ORCID,Bruce JL³^ORCID,Kong VY³⁴^ORCID,Clarke DL³^ORCID,Aldous C¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

2. Faculty of Podiatric Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland

3. Department of Surgery, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

4. Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/16089677.2020.1782007

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