Background:

Amputations remains as a common treatment for patients in whom other measures have failed.

Objective:

To evaluate the outcomes at 30 days and one year after major disvascular amputation.

Material and methods:

Descriptive, retrospective study, using data from 127 consecutive patients from March 1, 2018, to February 28, 2019. We examined morbidity and mortality patterns after major lower extremity disvascular amputations.

Results:

132 major amputations were evaluated, associated with ischemia, showing 30-day mortality of 20.47% and an overall mortality at one year of 50.39%. One-year mortality risk in patients undergoing above the knee amputation was HR 1.974 (CI: 1.407-2.331, p = 0.049).

Conclusion:

The outcomes are similar with the ones described in modern literature in that disvascular amputations were associated with significant mortality in the follow-up and rising to 70% in end stage renal disease and ischemic heart disease patients.

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