, $US15_349/$US25_333; end-stage renal disease, $US23_657/$US63_173; and lower limb amputation, $US53_286/$US52 …

Critical leg ischaemia can be treated by amputation of the affected leg or by reconstruction of the arteries. Arterial … amputation. However, amputation is associated with long term costs of rehabilitation and social support. A retrospective analysis … was undertaken of 337 patients receiving initially arterial reconstruction or amputation between 1985 and 1989, a minimum …

the team from 1986 to 1995. Main Outcome Measures and Results: Total cost for healing without amputation was Swedish … kronor (SEK)136 600 per patient, while the corresponding cost for healing with minor amputation was SEK260 000 and with major … amputation was SEK234 500. All costs were quoted in SEK at 1997 price levels (Lstg 1 sterling and $US1 equalled approximately SEK …