BACKGROUND: Medical registries are used to collect valuable patient data in order to check and control the quality and effectiveness of treatment approaches. National registries in the field of amputation and patient care, such as the Swedish Amputation and Prosthetics Registry (SwedeAmp) and the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry (LLPR) in the USA, gather information on prosthetic devices, materials, procedures and patient-related outcomes such as mobility and quality of life. Since …