Descriptive Analysis of Perioperative Mortality Rates Following Major Amputations: A 15-Year Retrospective Study at a Teaching Hospital
Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Thaisa Bonardi, Milton Sergio Bohatch Junior, Selma Regina de Oliveira Raymundo · 2026
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Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy and colleagues review in 2026 fifteen years of deaths around major leg amputations at a large Brazilian teaching hospital in São José do Rio Preto. Most non-traumatic amputations follow diabetic foot wounds that become infected and progress, and surgery at that stage carries grave risk. Records covered patients who underwent below-knee or above-knee amputation between 2010 and 2024, with deaths counted around the operation and broken down by age and sex.
A total of 1,744 patients were identified, and roughly one in five died in the perioperative window in the reported averages. Yearly rates swung widely, peaking in 2021 during the hospital's hardest COVID-19 year. Death shares were similar for women and men, and rates during the pandemic years did not differ significantly from the pre-pandemic decade. Sepsis led the causes, so the authors press for earlier action on diabetic foot infection.
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| CREATOR | Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Thaisa Bonardi, Milton Sergio Bohatch Junior, Selma Regina de Oliveira Raymundo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |