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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
doaj   +1 more source

The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]

, 2015
Aim: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at both damage control orthopaedics and for case variety of war trauma at a
Borg, Joseph N., Mifsud, Max, Mizzi, Colin, Ng, Colin   +3 more
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Characterization of short- and long-term mechanical sensitisation following surgical tail amputation in pigs

Scientific Reports, 2017
Commercial pigs are frequently exposed to tail mutilations in the form of preventive husbandry procedures (tail docking) or as a result of abnormal behaviour (tail biting).
P. Di Giminiani, S. Edwards, Emma M. Malcolm, M. Leach, M. Herskin, D. Sandercock   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A review of through-knee amputation

Vascular, 2021
Objectives Through-knee amputation is an umbrella term for several different surgical techniques, which may affect clinical and functional outcomes. This makes it hard to evaluate the benefits and need for a through-knee amputation approach. This article
Brieuc Panhelleux, J. Shalhoub, Anne K. Silverman, A. Mcgregor   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Osseointegrated finger prostheses using a tripod titanium mini-plate [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Digital amputation is a common upper extremity injury and can cause significant impairment in hand function, as well as psychosocial stigma.
Ciudad, Pedro, Doscher, Matthew, Galan, Ricardo, Liebling, Ralph, LO TORTO, Federico, Manrique, Oscar J   +5 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
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical Advances in Osteosarcoma

Cancers, 2021
Simple Summary Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone cancer in children. OS most commonly arises in the legs, but can arise in any bone, including the spine, head or neck.
M. Brookes, C. Chan, B. Baljer, Sachin Wimalagunaratna, T. P. Crowley, M. Ragbir, Alistair Irwin, Z. Gamie, T. Beckingsale, K. Ghosh, K. Rankin   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Invasive fungal infections secondary to traumatic injury [PDF]

, 2017
Invasive fungal infection (IFI) is a rare but serious complication of traumatic injury. The purpose of this article is to review the epidemiology, natural history, mycology, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes associated with post-traumatic ...
Bochicchio, Grant, Bochicchio, Kelly, Kronen, Ryan, Liang, Stephen Y, Powderly, William G, Spec, Andrej   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source

Survival to amputation in pre-antibiotic era: a case study from a Longobard necropolis (6th-8th centuries AD) [PDF]

, 2018
The Longobard necropolis of Povegliano Veronese dates from the 6th to the 8th centuries AD. Among the 164 tombs excavated, the skeleton of an older male shows a well-healed amputated right forearm.
Boggioni, Marco, Di Vincenzo, Fabio, Giostra, Caterina, Manzi, Giorgio, Massani, Danilo, Micarelli, Ileana, Paine, Robert, Papini, Andrea, Profico, Antonio, Tafuri, Mary Anne   +9 more
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