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Surgical approaches to canine appendicular osteosarcoma part 1- anatomic landmarks and amputation techniques [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceOsteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common primary bone neoplasm affecting dogs and the appendicular bones are frequently affected, accounting for up to 80% of reported cases. After tumor diagnosis and staging, surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy is the
Ryshely Sonaly De Moura Borges +7 more
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Regeneration of Bone, Cartilage, and Tooth Following Lower Jaw Amputation in Newts [PDF]
BiomedicinesBackground/Objectives: In humans, diseases such as oral cancer may require surgical amputation of the jaw. This severe disruption causes impairments in eating, swallowing, and speech, leading to a significant decline in quality of life.
Kento Tsubosaki +9 more
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Ileo-perineal fistula: Rare late complication after rectal amputation – clinical case [PDF]
Romanian Medical Journal, 2021 Abdominal-perineal rectal amputation retains a well-defined place in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer, despite technical advances. The authors present the case of a 67-year-old patient who developed an entero-perineal fistula involving the last ...
Andrei Iulian Toader +5 more
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Exoskeletal solutions to enable mobility with a lower leg fracture in austere environments
Wearable Technologies, 2023 The treatment and evacuation of people with lower limb fractures in austere environments presents unique challenges that assistive exoskeletal devices could address.
W. Brett Johnson +5 more
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Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022 Category: Diabetes Introduction/Purpose: Some patients with below knee (BK) amputation for treatment of ischemic and/or infectious foot disease eventually further progress to above knee (AK) amputation.
Ki Chun Kim MD +5 more
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Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports, 2021 Forequarter amputation is a very demolitive surgical procedure that affects the quality of life and it is performed when the tumour involves the proximal end of homerus and the shoulder.
Claudia Di Prata +5 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundDiabetic foot disease is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes mellitus have a 25% lifetime risk for developing a foot ulcer, and between 14% and 24% of patients require a major or minor lower limb amputation due ...
Xuan Liao +5 more
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Patients' perception and attitude to surgical amputation in Makurdi, North Central Nigeria
Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2020 Background: There has been a global rise in surgical amputations because of vascular complications of diabetes mellitus, among other factors. About 22% of patients usually decline or delay consent for the operation leading to poor outcomes.
Williams Terhemen Yongu +4 more
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The Severity of Diabetes and the Risk of Diabetic Foot Amputation: A National Cohort Study [PDF]
Endocrinology and MetabolismBackground This study aimed to assess whether markers of diabetes severity could serve as predictors for foot amputation risk among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods We analyzed data from the nationally representative Korean National Health
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Pain Research and Management, 2022 Purpose. Hemophilic osteoarthropathy (HO) is a common cause of spontaneous bleeding in hemophiliacs. Surgical procedures are necessary for patients with severe HO. As a last resort, amputation is sometimes needed to treat complex HO cases.
Yiming Xu +4 more
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