Table 2.

Distribution of patients by the time of primary amputation.

	Main group (N = 153)		Comparison group (N = 240)		ξ2
Timing of amputation
	N	%	N	%
On the day of admission	54	35.3	9	3.8	68.75a
On 24–48 h	64	41.8	62	25.9	10.8a
On 48–72 h	35	22.9	107	44.8	19.36a
Not operated due to severity of general condition	0	0	62	25.8	76.01a

^a- The difference is statistically significant at α = 0.05.