Prevalence of upper and lower limb amputations of SUS patients in the state of Alagoas between 2008 and 2015.

ABSTRACT Amputation is a therapeutic resource used to remove a limb, an appendage of lump from the body, in case of serious injury to nerves, arteries, soft tissues and bones. The objective of this research was to verify the prevalence of limb amputations in the state of Alagoas. This was a study of secondary data, epidemiological and observational approach, conducted from 2008 to 2015. Data were collected from SIHSUS Database. The number of 361,585 limb amputation procedures were registered in Brazil, mainly in the Southeast, Northeast and South regions, accounting for 88.13% of the total of these procedures. Alagoas occupied the 21st place in the number of amputations among Brazilian states, its procedures occurred in six microregions, of these, three were responsible for 95% of cases. The prevalence of amputation in the state of Alagoas was 19.05 amputations/100,000 inhabitants. Three types of procedures have greater predominance: amputation of lower limbs, fingers, foot and tarsus, which represents 95% of the procedures.

摘要 截肢术是针对神经、动脉、软组织及骨骼严重损伤时，用于切除肢体、附属器官或体表肿块的治疗手段。本研究旨在探究阿拉戈斯州（Alagoas）的肢体截肢术患病率。本研究为2008年至2015年间开展的二手数据流行病学观察性研究，数据采集自巴西统一卫生系统医院信息数据库（SIHSUS）。巴西境内共登记361585例肢体截肢手术，主要集中于东南部、东北部与南部地区，占该类手术总量的88.13%。在巴西各州截肢手术数量排名中，阿拉戈斯州位列第21位，其截肢手术分布于6个微区域，其中3个微区域的手术量占总病例数的95%。阿拉戈斯州的截肢术患病率为19.05例/10万人口。占比最高的三类手术为下肢、手指、足部及跗骨截肢术，合计占总手术量的95%。