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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1561-3194</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ciencias Médicas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3194</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1561-31942021000300014</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento de las amputaciones no traumáticas de miembros inferiores durante 2019-2020]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Behavior of non-traumatic lower limb amputations during 2019-2020]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aida Rosa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acosta Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lisvany]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Lidia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreira Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marta Marisel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Medardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Hospital General Docente &#8220;Abel Santamaría Cuadrado&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-31942021000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-31942021000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-31942021000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la amputación puede constituir el procedimiento quirúrgico más antiguo.  Objetivo: evaluar el comportamiento de las amputaciones no traumáticas de miembros inferiores en la provincia Pinar del Río durante los años 2019-2020.  Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y transversal de las amputaciones no traumáticas en miembros inferiores del Hospital General Docente &#8220;Abel Santamaría Cuadrado&#8221; en el periodo 2019-2020. El universo estuvo constituido por 488 pacientes, se estudió la totalidad. Se empleó estadística descriptiva mediante frecuencias absolutas y relativas porcentuales.  Resultados: aumentaron discretamente las amputaciones en el año 2020 (5 %) por enfermedad arterial periférica, la diabetes mellitus (60 %) fue la primera causa seguida de la ateroesclerosis obliterante, las amputaciones mayores fueron las más frecuentes con un 82 % y de ellas las supracondilias (69 %).  Conclusiones:  la enfermedad vascular periférica constituye un alto riesgo de amputación mayor de miembros inferiores en pacientes sin posibilidad de revascularización en correspondencia con las mayores supracondilias, la diabetes mellitus como la primera causa no traumática.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  amputation may be the oldest surgical procedures.  Objective:  to assess the behavior of non-traumatic lower limb amputations in Pinar del Rio province during the years 2019-2020.  Methods: a descriptive, longitudinal and cross-sectional study of non-traumatic lower limb amputations was conducted at Abel Santamaria Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital during the years 2019-2020. The target group comprised 488 patients, all of them were studied. Descriptive statistics was applied by means of absolute and relative percentages.  Results:  amputations increased discreetly in 2020 (5 %) due to peripheral vascular disease, along with diabetes mellitus being the first cause (60 %), followed by obliterating atherosclerosis with major amputations as the most frequent (82 %), and of them supracondylar amputations (69 %).  Conclusions: peripheral vascular disease constitutes a high risk of lower limb amputations in patients without possibilities of revascularization in correspondence with the major supracondylar ones, and diabetes mellitus as the first cause for non-traumatic amputations.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[AMPUTACIÓN]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[DIABETES MELLITUS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ENFERMEDAD ARTERIAL PERIFÉRICA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ATEROESCLEROSIS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AMPUTATION]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[DIABETES MELLITUS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ATHEROSCLEROSIS]]></kwd>
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