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. 2022 Feb;43(2):187–196. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.2.20210609

Table 1.

- Patients demographic data (N=509).

Variables n %
Age group (years)    
<30 5 0.78
31-40 28 4.34
41-50 72 11.16
51-60 179 27.75
61-70 216 33.49
>70 41 6.36
Mean ± SD 57.46 ±12.02
Gender
Female 187 28.99
Male 458 71.01
Nationality    
Saudi 198 30.70
Non-Saudi 447 69.30
Post-amputation pain    
No Pain 35 38.5
Complain of pain 56 61.54
Persistent neuropathic pain 14 15.4
Residual limb pain 9 9.9
Phantom pain 10 11.0
Persistent neuropathic pain+ residual limb pain 11 12.1
Persistent neuropathic pain + phantom Pain 4 4.4
Residual limb pain +phantom pain 4 4.4
All types 4 4.4
Number of amputation surgeries per patient
Once 405 79.57
More than 1 104 20.43
Bilateral 40 7.86
Reasons for amputation
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) 47 7.29
Thromboembolism / acute limb ischemia 19 2.95
Diabetes complications / diabetic foot 490 75.97
Infection 73 11.32
Trauma 8 1.24
Cancer 5 0.78
Other 3 0.47

SD: standard deviation, PVD: peripheral vascular disease