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Surgical revascularization versus amputation for peripheral vascular disease in dialysis patients: a cohort study

BMC Nephrology, 2005
Background Surgical treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in dialysis patients is controversial. Methods We examined the post-operative morbidity and mortality of surgical revascularization or amputation for PVD in a retrospective analysis of ...
Ramkumar Nirupama, Pappas Lisa M, Logar Christine M, Beddhu Srinivasan   +3 more
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Goals, adaptive self-regulation, and psychosocial adjustment to lower limb amputation: A longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2012
Lower limb amputation is a life-changing event that can cause significant disruptions in many important areas of existence. Although a substantial minority of individuals suffer from emotional difficulties following this procedure, most adapt ...
Coffey, Laura
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Earliest evidence for surgical amputation

, 2022
Abstract The prevailing view regarding the evolution of medicine is that the emergence of agricultural societies around 10,000 years ago (the ‘Neolithic Revolution’) gave rise to a host of health problems that were previously unknown among non-sedentary foraging populations, stimulating the first major innovations in prehistoric medico-socio ...
Tim Maloney, India Dilkes-Hall, Melandri Vlok, Adhi Oktaviana, Pindi Setiawan, Andika Priyatno, Marlon Ririmasse, I. Made Geria, Muslimin Effendy, Budi Istiawan, Falentinus Atmoko, Shinatria Adhityatama, Ian Moffat, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Adam Brumm, Maxime Aubert   +15 more
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Recurrent Chondromyxoid Fibroma of the Second Toe Distal Phalanx Treated with Distal Phalangectomy: A Case Report

Children
Background/Objectives: Chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF) is a rare benign cartilaginous bone tumor, accounting for less than 1% of all primary bone tumors. Although CMF most commonly arises in the metaphysis of long bones, involvement of the phalanges of the ...
Jun Yong Park, Woo-Jong Kim, Dong Woo Lee, Byungsung Kim, Hyun Deuk Cho, Ki Jin Jung   +5 more
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STUDIES ON TAIL AMPUTATION IN ADULT SHEEP [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1991
The indications and techniques for tail amputation were studied in 25 sheep < /strong>. The distribution of the blood vessels within the organ and their importance for the surgical interventions were also studied in 8 amputat ed tails and 4 dead ...
M.A. ALAM EL-DIN, H.A. YOUSSEF
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Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Tanzanian University Teaching Hospital Experience. [PDF]

, 2011
\ud \ud Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) pose a therapeutic challenge to surgeons, especially in developing countries where health care resources are limited and the vast majority of patients present to health facilities late with advanced foot ulcers.
Kabangila Rodrick, Gilyoma, J.M., Mbelenge, N., Gilyoma, Japhet M, Rodrick Kabangila, Dass, R.M., Phillipo L Chalya, Chalya Phillipo L, Joseph B Mabula, Mchembe Mabula D, Jaka Hyasinta, Jaka, H., Nkinda Mbelenge, Mchembe, M.D., Jaka, Hyasinta, Mabula Joseph B, Kataraihya, Johannes B, Mbelenge, Nkinda, Gilyoma Japhet M, Mabula D Mchembe, Johannes B Kataraihya, Kataraihya, J.B., Dass Ramesh M, Chalya, Phillipo L, Chalya, P.L., McHembe, Mabula D, Kabangila, Rodrick, Mabula, J.B., Hyasinta Jaka, Dass, Ramesh M, Mbelenge Nkinda, Kataraihya Johannes B, Kabangila, R., Ramesh M Dass, Japhet M Gilyoma, Mabula, Joseph B   +35 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.
Intesarur Rashid Khan, Mohammad Akmal Shafiq, Khalid Irshad   +2 more
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Surgical prevention of terminal neuroma and phantom limb pain: a literature review

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2021
The incidence of extremity amputation is estimated at about 200,000 cases annually. Over 25% of patients suffer from terminal neuroma or phantom limb pain (TNPLP), resulting in pain, inability to wear a prosthetic device, and lost work.
Ronald N. Bogdasarian, Steven B. Cai, Bao Ngoc N. Tran, Ashley Ignatiuk, Edward S. Lee   +4 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Surgical approaches to canine appendicular osteosarcoma part 1- anatomic landmarks and amputation techniques

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common primary bone neoplasm affecting dogs and the appendicular bones are frequently affected, accounting for up to 80% of reported cases. After tumor diagnosis and staging, surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy is the
Ryshely Sonaly De Moura Borges, Paloma Helena Sanches da Silva, Pedro Antônio Bronhara Pimentel, Renato Dornas de Oliveira Pereira, Angel Almendros, Antonio Giuliano, Rodrigo dos Santos Horta, Paulo Vinícius Tertuliano Marinho   +7 more
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