Abstract:
Background: - Amputation could be described as the removal of a body extremity by surgery
or trauma. If amputation is taken as a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or disease
process in the affected limb. Major lower extremity amputation is a complete loss/ablation of any
part of the lower limb, for any reason, in the following anatomical planes: in the transverse plane
through or proximal to the tarsometatarsal joint.
Objective: - To asses prevalence, cause and complication of major lower limb amputation in
JUSH from September 2013 to August 2015.
Methods: - Institutional based retrospective cross-sectional study design was used. The result
commented by the advisors and presented to the surgery department and after final comment is
corrected the result submitted to CBE office. Finally, after appraisal criticization the article
might be published and used as baseline reference.
Budget: - To carry out the research it took a total of 5500 birr with 10% contingency.
