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Amputation Levels and Surgical Techniques
1989Upper-extremity amputation presents a complex loss for the patient. The hand functions in prehensile activities, as a sensory organ and as a means of communication. Any loss will interfere with the patient’s productivity, feeling of completeness, as well as alter his interactions with his environment.
James B. Bennett, Charlotte B. Alexander
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Amputation rates as a measure of vascular surgical results
British Journal of Surgery, 1996Reconstructive surgery for critical leg ischaemia (CLI) increased in both hospital- and population-based patient samples over 12 years. In the referral centre amputation numbers were unchanged over this period, although amputation carried out for patients with CLI decreased from 58 to 35 per cent.
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Surgical Reconstruction of the Amputated Arm
1989The design and production of prostheses have advanced remarkably in recent years. Highly efficient prostheses, driven energetically from external sources, have been introduced. New prostheses have also been designed for special use at work and for children.1–4 Such prosthetic developments have created the need for advanced methods of surgical ...
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A surgical approach for replantation of complete digital amputations
The Journal of Hand Surgery, 1980A technique of extending exposure in digital replantation using lateral incisions permits atraumatic exposure of adequate length of digital nerves, arteries, and veins, and excellent exposure for fashioning bone and debridement and repair of tendon. Increase in viability rates, the ability to repair two arteries per digit, the number of veins repaired ...
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DRY ICE FREEZING AS A PRELUDE TO SURGICAL AMPUTATION
Orthopedics, 1982ABSTRACT: Emergency amputation in the critically ill is associated with 17 to 25% mortality, and a high rate of postoperative infection. Mortality arid morbidity can be reduced by freezing the diseased tissues with dry ice, and deferring surgery until the patient is rendered stable, and metabolically able to heal.
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Amputation. Surgical Practice and Patient Management.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1996Ed G Murdoch, A Bennett Wilson Jr Butterworth-Heinemann, pounds sterling85, pp 391 ISBN 0 7506 0843 9 In modern surgical practice amputation should not be regarded as a failure. Once a considered decision has been made to proceed with the ablation of a limb (for whatever reason), it is vital that the principles of preparation, surgical reconstruction,
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Prevalence of PTSD following surgical amputation
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2007Maha, Radhakrishnan, Prakash, Masand
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Surgical Amputation in the Geriatric Patient
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 1963openaire +2 more sources
Surgical Techniques for Lower Extremity Amputation
Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 1972openaire +2 more sources