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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, Armin Koller, Venu Kavarthapu, Venu Kavarthapu, Luuk Smeets, Arun Bal, Christopher E. Attinger   +6 more
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Transtibial Amputation with Removal of the Tibial Intramedullary Nail: Hardware Removal in a Retrograde Manner

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 Journal
Background 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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Major Limb Amputations: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Major limb amputation is reported to be a major but preventable public health problem that is associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient and family especially in developing countries where the prosthetic services ...
Chalya, Phillipo L, Chandika, Alphonce B, Dass, Ramesh M, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Mabula, Joseph B, Mbelenge, Nkinda, Ngayomela, Isdori H   +6 more
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Diabetes mellitus and necrotizing fasciitis – a deadly combination; case report [PDF]

, 2020
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly destructive affliction of soft tissues, with a mortality rate that may reach 73% of the cases. It is characterized by a progressive inflammation and extended necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue and the fascia ...
Andronache, Liliana Florina, Bica, Cristina, Gherghiceanu, Florentina, Mazilu, Laura, Moroianu, Lavinia Alexandra, Paunica, Ioana, Sandu, Camelia, Suceveanu, Andra Iulia, Toma, Alexandra   +8 more
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Surgical Management of Traumatic Penile Amputation: A Case Report and Review of the World Literature

Sexual Medicine, 2015
Introduction: There is paucity of case reports that describe the successful reimplantation of a penis after amputation. We sought to report on self-inflicted penile amputation and comment on its surgical management and review current literature.
Omer A. Raheem, MD, Hossein S. Mirheydar, MD, Nishant D. Patel, MD, Sunil H. Patel, MD, Ahmed Suliman, MD, Jill C. Buckley, MD, FACS   +5 more
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Reconstruction of Nonunion Tibial Fractures in War-Wounded Iraqi Civilians, 2006-2008: Better Late Than Never [PDF]

, 2012
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Al Ani, A M K, Alras, M S, Baron, E, Daumas, L, Fakri, R M, Hérard, P, Khaddaj, S, Rose, A M C   +7 more
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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, Kyoungrae Kim, Salvatore T. Scali, Scott A. Berceli, Trace Thome, Zachary R. Salyers, Kerri A. O'Malley, Thomas D. Green, Reema Karnekar, Kelsey H. Fisher‐Wellman, Dean J. Yamaguchi, Joseph M. McClung   +11 more
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Distal Symes amputation of the 5th toe – A case series highlighting treatment of tip of toe pathologies including neuropathic ulceration with chronic osteomyelitis, gangrene, phalangeal fracture nonunion, and adducto varus hammertoe with Lister's corn

Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases, 2021
Distal Symes amputation is commonly performed on the hallux and central toes but this procedure is not generally associated with the 5th toe. We present a case series of four patients who underwent distal Symes amputation to successfully treat tip of 5th
Troy J. Boffeli, DPM, FACFAS, Abimbola O. Johnson, DPM   +1 more
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Limb salvage versus amputation in patients with osteosarcoma of the extremities: an update in the modern era using the National Cancer Database

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background Historically, amputation was the primary surgical treatment for osteosarcoma of the extremities; however, with advancements in surgical techniques and chemotherapies limb salvage has replaced amputation as the dominant treatment paradigm. This
Daniel R. Evans, Alexander L. Lazarides, Julia D. Visgauss, Jason A. Somarelli, Dan G. Blazer, Brian E. Brigman, William C. Eward   +6 more
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