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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.
Chalya, Phillipo L, Mabula, Joseph B, Dass, Ramesh M, Kabangila, Rodrick, Jaka, Hyasinta, McHembe, Mabula D, Kataraihya, Johannes B, Mbelenge, Nkinda, Gilyoma, Japhet M   +8 more
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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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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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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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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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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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Osseointegrated prostheses for rehabilitation following amputation : The pioneering Swedish model. [PDF]

, 2017
The direct attachment of osseointegrated (OI) prostheses to the skeleton avoids the inherent problems of socket suspension. It also provides physiological weight bearing, improved range of motion in the proximal joint, as well as osseoperceptive sensory ...
Brånemark, Rickard, Li, Yan
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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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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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Evaluation of the Surgical and Pharmacological Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infection: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot infection is a major cause of patient disabilities and lowers limb amputations, with high treatment costs and hospitalisation requirements.
Aliakbar, Adil Hassan, Alsaadi, Malath Azeez, Barrak, Abbas Abd Zaid   +2 more
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