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Table 5 Post-operative complications

From: Major limb amputations: A tertiary hospital experience in northwestern Tanzania

Complications

Frequency

Percentage

Surgical site infection

34

21.0

Revision amputation

16

9.9

Phantom pain

9

5.6

Wound hematoma

7

4.3

Wound dehiscence

5

3.1

Stump gangrene

3

1.9