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Osseointegration Following Transfemoral Amputation After Infected Total Knee Replacement: A Case Series of 10 Patients With a Mean Follow-up of 5 Years

Arthroplasty Today, 2022
Background: Management of total knee replacement (TKR) infection may sometimes prompt knee fusion (KF) or transfemoral amputation (TFA), both associated with low mobility and quality of life (QOL).
Muhammad Adeel Akhtar, MBBS, FRCSEd, Jason Shih Hoellwarth, MD, Kevin Tetsworth, MD, FRACS, Atiya Oomatia, BEng Biomedical, Munjed Al Muderis, MB, ChB, FRACS   +4 more
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Sensitivity of a Subject-specific Ankle Sprain Simulation to Extrinsic Versus Intrinsic Biomechanical Factors

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Ankle sprains are the most common musculoskeletal injury in sport and military activity, despite existing prophylactic strategies. The purpose of this report was to develop a probabilistic simulation of lateral ankle sprains during single-limb drop ...
Adam J. Yoder, Adam J. Yoder, Anthony J. Petrella, Shawn Farrokhi, Shawn Farrokhi, Shawn Farrokhi   +5 more
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of lower extremity amputation in the diabetic inpatients with foot ulcers

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
ObjectivesTo analyze clinical characteristics of the diabetic inpatients with foot ulcers and explore the risk factors of lower extremity amputation (LEA) in West China Hospital of Sichuan University.MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed based on
Hongping Gong, Hongping Gong, Yan Ren, Zhenyi Li, Panpan Zha, Raju Bista, Yan Li, Dawei Chen, Yun Gao, Lihong Chen, Xingwu Ran, Chun Wang   +11 more
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The role of exercise testing in predicting successful ambulation with a lower extremity prosthesis: a systematic literature review and clinical practice guideline

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2018
Background Growing discontent with the k-level system for functional classification of patients with limb loss and movement of healthcare toward evidence-based practice has resulted in the need for alternative forms of functional classification and ...
Tyler D. Klenow, Larry J. Mengelkoch, Phillip M. Stevens, Chris A. Ràbago, Owen T. Hill, Gail A. Latlief, Rodrigo Ruiz-Gamboa, M. Jason Highsmith   +7 more
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Analyzing Risk Factors for Sequential Above Knee Amputation after Below Knee Amputation in Surgical Treatment of Ischemic and/or Infectious Foot Disease

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Diabetes Introduction/Purpose: Some patients with below knee (BK) amputation for treatment of ischemic and/or infectious foot disease eventually further progress to above knee (AK) amputation.
Ki Chun Kim MD, Sung-Jae Kim PhD, Il-Hoon Sung MD, PhD, Kiwon Young MD, Kyung-tai Lee MD, PhD, Hong S. Lee MD   +5 more
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Factors affecting contralateral extremity following lower-extremity major amputation

Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2021
Objective: Lower-extremity amputation is performed in patients who are at risk due to acute limb ischemia (ALI), chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), and diabetic foot infections, yet the proportion of patients who progress to amputation of their ...
B Nishan, K Sivakrishna, V Vishal Hudgi, V P Ahsan, Vivekanand   +4 more
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Geographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Major Lower Extremity Amputation Rates in Metropolitan Areas

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Rates of major lower extremity amputation in patients with peripheral artery disease are higher in rural communities with markers of low socioeconomic status, but most Americans live in metropolitan areas.
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Lin Yang, Ashwin S. Nathan, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Howard Julien, Tracy Y. Wang, Ehrin J. Armstrong, Diane Treat‐Jacobson, Julia D. Glaser, Grace Wang, Scott M. Damrauer, Jay Giri, Peter W. Groeneveld   +12 more
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Opportunities for diabetes and peripheral artery disease-related lower limb amputation prevention in an Appalachian state: A longitudinal analysis

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
Lower extremity amputation due to peripheral artery disease (PAD) and diabetes (DM) is a life-altering event that identifies disparities in access to healthcare and management of disease.
Samantha Danielle Minc, Stevan Budi, Dylan Thibault, Ranjita Misra, David G Armstrong, Gordon Stephen Smith, Luke Marone   +6 more
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Suitable performance of outfield players in amputee soccer in terms of amputation level and playing position

Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2022
The purpose of this study was to show the reference values of suitable performance for amputee soccer outfield players based on amputation level and playing position through field test and match analysis.
Hirofumi Maehana, Hidetada Kishi, Tomoki Ogawa, Koya Suzuki, Takahiro Watanabe   +4 more
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Overcoming the detrimental impact of volumetric muscle loss on segmental fracture healing via the induced membrane technique

Bone & Joint Research
Aims: Open fractures pose a substantial treatment challenge, with adjacent muscle loss being a major complication. The induced membrane (IM) technique has shown promise in treating complicated fractures.
Andrew R. Clark, Michael S. Valerio, Jonathan Kulwatno, Sergey S. Kanovka, Andrew L. Ferrer, Christopher L. Dearth, Stephen M. Goldman   +6 more
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