The adverse impact of pre-operative anaemia on survival following major lower limb amputation.
James RammellDaniel PerreLuke BoylanJames PrentisCraig NesbittAhmed ElmallahSandip NandhraPublished in: Vascular (2022)
Pre-operative anaemia is associated with worse outcome following MLLA, with increasing severity of anaemia associated with increasing mortality and RBC transfusion being potentially detrimental. More work is required to prospectively evaluate this relationship in this complex and multi-morbid cohort of patients.