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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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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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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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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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Stopping antibiotics after surgical amputation in diabetic foot and ankle infections—A daily practice cohort

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2019
The appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot infections (DFI) after surgical amputations in toto is debated. There are discrepancies worldwide.
A. Rossel, D. Lebowitz, K. Gariani, M. Abbas, B. Kressmann, M. Assal, Philippe Tscholl, Dimitrios Stafylakis, I. Uçkay   +8 more
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Amputations in general surgical practice

Annals of King Edward Medical University, 2016
Amputation is still often viewed as a failure of treatment. The responsibility for performing an amputation may even fall on the most junior member of the surgical team. Whatever the reason for extremity amputation, it should not be viewed as a failure of treatment.
Mohammad Akmal Shafiq, Intesarur Rashid Khan, Khalid Irshad   +2 more
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Editor's choice : European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 clinical practice guidelines on the management of acute limb ischaemia

, 2020
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Acosta, Stefan, Azuma, Nobuyoshi, Bastos Gonçalves, Frederico, Björck, Martin, Boyle, Jonathan R., Chakfé, Nabil, Choke, Edward T. C., Cochennec, Frederic, Cohnert, Tina U., de Borst, Gert J., Document Reviewers, Earnshaw, Jonothan J., ESVS Guidelines Committee, Fitridge, Robert A., Forbes, Thomas L., Hamady, Mohamad S., Hinchliffe, Robert, Jongkind, Vincent, Kakkos, Stavros K., Koelemay, Mark J. W., Koncar, Igor, Lindholt, Jes S., Mani, Kevin, Menyhei, Gabor, Munoz, Alberto, Müller-Hülsbeck, Stefan, Rai, Kumud, Sebastian Debus, E., Svetlikov, Alexei V., Tshomba, Yamume, Tulamo, Riikka, van den Berg, Jos C., Vega de Ceniga, Melina, Vermassen, Frank   +33 more
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Experiences With Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers at a Tertiary Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 300 Cases. [PDF]

, 2012
Chronic lower limb ulcers constitute a major public health problem of great important all over the world and contribute significantly to high morbidity and long-term disabilities. There is paucity of information regarding chronic lower limb ulcers in our
Chalya, Phillipo L, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Kidenya, Benson R, Mbunda, Fidelis, McHembe, Mabula D, Mshana, Stephen E, Rambau, Peter   +6 more
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