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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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Surgical strategies for prevention of amputation of the diabetic foot [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2021 Prevention of amputation has become a key objective of clinicians providing care to patients with high-risk diabetic foot problems. In this regard, the multidisciplinary diabetic foot team (MDFT) has been embraced as the most effective way to manage patients with foot ulcers, infections, and Charcot feet.
Robert G. Frykberg +6 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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Epidemiology of occupational injuries in construction workers between 2009 and 2018 in South Korea
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 155-166, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of occupational injuries based on fatality, sex, and classification of occupations among construction workers using workers' compensation (WC) insurance data in South Korea. Methods We collected WC insurance data from the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service for all ...
Saemi Jung +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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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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Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2021 Transtibial amputation is the preferred strategy for treating a diabetic foot with an infection and necrosis. However, if a tibial intramedullary nail was previously inserted into the ipsilateral lower extremity, the nail must be removed to perform the ...
Youn-Ho Choi, DoJoon Park
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Interventional Treatment Options for the Prevention of Amputation in Patients With Lower Extremity Wounds From Peripheral Arterial Disease [PDF]
Texas Heart Institute JournalBackground Peripheral arterial disease and related lower extremity wounds are prominent causes of amputation. Revascularization may reduce amputation rates or the amputation margin more distally in patients with peripheral arterial disease who have ...
Akin Torun, MD, Ulas Bildirici, MD
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Interventional‐ and amputation‐stage muscle proteomes in the chronically threatened ischemic limb
Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2022 Background Despite improved surgical approaches for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI), amputation rates remain high and contributing tissue‐level factors remain unknown.
Terence E. Ryan +11 more
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