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Surgical revision of the problematic transmetatarsal amputation
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 1993Recurrent ulcerations may develop following transmetatarsal amputation in patients with diabetes mellitus. In many cases, these ulcerations require surgical intervention to achieve healing, especially in situations where conservative care has not been effective.
Barry I. Rosenblum, Dorothy V. Freeman
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Surgical Approach to Amputation
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 1991Modern surgical approaches and decision-making are presented. A literature review of selection of level of amputation, surgical technique, and outcomes is detailed. Surgical decision-making against the background of outcomes is discussed. Practice rules are summarized.
Patricia E. Carlin, James T. Evans
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Syme's amputation. Surgical technique, prosthetic considerations, and case reports.
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (Print), 2002Amputation at the level of the ankle joint is a valuable but underused procedure for a variety of conditions affecting the foot and ankle. The procedure provides a comfortable and durable stump that allows the lower-extremity amputee to function with ...
J. Hudson +3 more
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Psychiatric and Emotional Sequelae of Surgical Amputation
Psychosomatics, 2006The prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms after the experience of amputation is not well established. The current study gathered data on the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychiatric disorders after amputation. Participants were recruited from a large Northeastern rehabilitation hospital and were assessed with ...
Sarah R. Cavanagh +3 more
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Reinventing Extremity Amputation in the Era of Functional Limb Restoration.
Annals of Surgery, 2020BACKGROUND Recent progress in biomechatronics and vascularized composite allotransplantation have occurred in the absence of congruent advancements in the surgical approaches generally utilized for limb amputation.
H. Herr +6 more
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Surgical Amputation in Children
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 1963Amputation surgery in children is different from that in adults primarily in the sites of amputation. In a child, all length possible should be saved and, wherever possible, amputation levels should be distal to epiphyses rather than proximal. Elective amputation in children to convert anomalous extremities to more satisfactory stumps should be ...
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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.
Michael Luther +3 more
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Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Infections and Amputations
AORN Journal, 2008ABSTRACTTHE INCIDENCE OF DIABETES with severe foot infections (eg, necrotizing fasciitis, gas gangrene, ascending cellulitis, infection with systemic toxicity or metabolic instability) has risen significantly during the past decade.FOOT INFECTIONS are a major cause of hospitalization and subsequent lower extremity amputation among patients with ...
John J. Stapleton +3 more
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Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Technique in Below-Knee Amputation
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2019Summary: Approximately 25 percent of major limb amputees will develop chronic localized symptomatic neuromas and phantom limb pain in the residual limb. A method to treat and possibly prevent these pain symptoms is targeted reinnervation.
J. B. Bowen +4 more
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Surgical management of an epidemic of penile amputations in siam
The American Journal of Surgery, 1983Thailand recently experienced an epidemic of penile amputations. These were usually performed by angry wives on philandering husbands. This outbreak appeared to have been fueled by graphic press reports and fortunately seems to have abated. A technique for reanastomosis of the amputated penile segment was first described by McRoberts et al [5] in 1968.
Kasian Bhanganada +6 more
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