Assertion: major amputation | /r/HasProperty | 30 percent
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text: Ambulatory status may have merit as a link to death, a finding indicated by several studies.17,18 Approximately one-third of patients will not walk again following major amputation and an even higher percentage in the elderly and renally compromised will never walk again after major amputation.18,19 Researchers have found the five-year mortality rate in those who are able to walk after major amputation to be 30 percent in comparison to 69 percent in those unable to ambulate.18