Table 2.

indications of lower extremity amputations in two tertiary hospitals in the North West Region of Cameroon

Indication	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Chronic non healing ulcer	9	5.66%
Diabetic foot gangrene	67	42.14%
Infection	14	8.81%
Chronic osteomyelitis	3
NSTI	10
Gas gangrene	1
Trauma	35	22.01%
Road Traffic Accident	16
Domestic injury	4
Warfare (Blast) injury	8
Ballistic (Gunshot)injury	6
Burn	1
Peripheral Vascular Disease	24	15.72%
Tumour	9	5.66%
Total	159	100.00%

NSTI: Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection