Lower Extremity Amputation

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
LEA
Pronunciation
/loʊər ɛkˈstrɛməti ˌæmpjəˈteɪʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Atherosclerosis in diabetes causes multiple ischemic events including stroke, myocardium infarction and lower extremity amputation.
  2. 34 patients recovered ( 91.9 % ). three with lower extremity vascular trauma received amputation ( 8.1 % ), and one with brachial artery injury who refused surgical treatment developed pseudoaneurysm.
  3. Conclusion Lower extremity arterial injury carries a high amputation rate.
  4. Value of lower extremity angiography scoring system in the selection of amputation level of chronic ischemic lower extremity

Other meanings of LEA