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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1682-0037</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1682-0037</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1682-00372021000200002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Pacientes amputados de miembros inferiores por causas vasculares en el municipio Cerro]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Patients with amputation of lower limbs due to vascular causes in Cerro municipality]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nonell Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lianet]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valdés Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Calixto]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fabelo Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amirelia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Figueroa Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alain]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Leonard]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Damaris]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adanay]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular (INACV)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1682-00372021000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1682-00372021000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1682-00372021000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La amputación provoca discapacidad física e invalidez como consecuencia de la enfermedad vascular periférica.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar a los pacientes amputados de miembros inferiores por causas vasculares en el municipio Cerro.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio descriptivo en los 114 amputados de miembros inferiores que estaban registrados, entre 2016 y 2018, en la Dirección Municipal de Salud del municipio Cerro. La muestra quedó constituida por los 64 amputados de causa vascular. Las variables de estudio fueron: edad, sexo, factores de riesgo, tipo de amputación y su nivel, miembro más afectado y causa vascular de amputación. Se estimaron las frecuencias absolutas y relativas, y la prueba de chi cuadrado, para identificar la asociación entre las variables.  Resultados:  Hubo predominio de los amputados de causa vascular (56,1 %), el sexo femenino (54,7 %), el grupo etáreo de 60 años y más (84,4 %), y la HTA y el tabaquismo (ambos con 60,9 %). La amputación supracondílea fue la más realizada (64,1 %). El pie diabético isquémico y la aterosclerosis obliterante resultaron las causas vasculares que provocaron los mayores porcentajes de amputación. Se halló asociación altamente significativa entre el sexo masculino y la ateroesclerosis obliterante (X2 = 5,4; p = 0,113, OR = 2,68 y RR = 1,81), lo que señaló a este como un factor de riesgo de amputación.  Conclusiones:  Las amputaciones aparecieron con mayor frecuencia en las mujeres mayores de 60 años, del tipo supracondílea y por pie diabético como causa vascular. La ateroesclerosis obliterante en los hombres constituyó un factor de riesgo de amputación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Amputation as a result of peripheral vascular disease causes physical disability and impairment.  Objective:  Characterize amputee patients of lower limbs due to vascular causes in Cerro municipality.  Methods:  A descriptive study was carried out in the 114 lower limbs amputee patients that were registered, between 2016 and 2018, in the Municipal Health Division of Cerro municipality. The sample consisted of the 64 vascular-cause amputees. The study variables were: age, sex, risk factors, type of amputation and its level, most affected limb and vascular cause of amputation. Absolute and relative frequencies were estimated, and the chi square test was used to identify the association between variables.  Results:  There was predominance of vascular-cause amputees (56.1%), the female sex (54.7%), the 60-year-old and older age group (84.4%), and HTA and smoking having (both 60.9%). Supracondylar amputation was the most performed one (64.1%). Ischemic diabetic foot and obliterating atherosclerosis resulted in the vascular causes that produce the highest percentages of amputation. A highly significant association was found between the male sex and obliterating atherosclerosis (X2 = 5.4; p = 0.113; OR = 2.68 and RR = 1.81), which pointed to this as an amputation risk factor.  Conclusions:  Amputations most often appeared in women over the age of 60, as supracondyle type and diabetic foot as a vascular cause. Obliterating atherosclerosis in men was a risk factor for amputation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad vascular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Amputation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lower limbs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vascular disease]]></kwd>
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