%0 Journal Article %T Current Indications for Extremity Amputations in Maiduguri, North-East Nigeria: A 6-year Retrospective Review %A Friday Titus Nyaku %A Stanley Tella Bwala %J Archive of "Annals of African Medicine". %D 2018 %R 10.4103/aam.aam_40_17 %X To know the the commonest cause for extremity amputation in UMTH in recent times, following the result of two previous studies citing malignancy and later trauma, at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, a tertiary hospital in North East Nigeria %K Anti-diabetic medications %K changing trends %K complicated diabetes mellitus %K lack of prostheses %K major limb amputations %K Absence de proth¨¨ses %K amputations majeures des membres %K diab¨¨te sucr¨¦ compliqu¨¦ %K ¨¦volution des tendances %K m¨¦diacations antidiab¨¦tiques %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810089/