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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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The Severity of Diabetes and the Risk of Diabetic Foot Amputation: A National Cohort Study [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Background 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
Jin Yu, Ji-Hyun Kim, Bongseong Kim, Kyungdo Han, Seung Hwan Lee, Mee Kyoung Kim   +5 more
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Risk Factors for Amputation in the Surgical Treatment of Hemophilic Osteoarthropathy: A 20-Year Single-Center Report

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, Bin Feng, Wei Zhu, Yingjie Wang, Xisheng Weng   +4 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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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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Self-penile amputation: A case of Klingsor Syndrome

Urology Case Reports, 2021
Klingsor Syndrome is an infrequent Surgical and Psychiatric emergency. We present such a case of self-penile amputation with delayed presentation precluding re-plantation.
Rono D. Kipkemoi, Akello W. Abila, Mburu E. Nditika, Mugalo E. Lumadede   +3 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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AMPUTATION OF THE PELVIC LIMB IN GOATS [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1979
Amputation of the pelvic limb was performed on 15 native breed goats. Different surgical procedures were applied, namely diserticula tion at the hip joint, amputation at the mid femur and disarticulation at the stile.
N. A. MISK, A. HIFNY
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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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