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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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Predictors for Amputation in Patients with Diabetic Foot Wound

Vascular Specialist International, 2018
Purpose: Diabetic foot wound (DFW) is known as a major contributor of nontraumatic lower extremity amputation. We aimed to evaluate overall amputation rates and risk factors for amputation in patients with DFW. Materials and Methods: From January 2014
Se-Young Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, Jun-Young Choi, Yu-Jin Kwon, Dong Hui Choi, Ki Chun Kim, Min Ji Kim, Ho Kyung Hwang, Kyung-Bok Lee   +8 more
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The global burden of traumatic amputation in 204 countries and territories

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Background Traumatic amputation leads to disability and imposes a heavy health burden. This study aims to explore the current status and temporal trends of the global burden of traumatic amputation according to sex, age, amputation site, cause, and ...
Bei Yuan, Dong Hu, Suxi Gu, Songhua Xiao, Fei Song   +4 more
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Psychological Consequences in Patients With Amputation of a Limb. An Interpretative-Phenomenological Analysis

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
The study aimed to identify the psychological changes that result from the amputation of a limb and the ways in which patients coordinate their daily lives.
Andra Cătălina Roșca, C. Baciu, Vlad Burtăverde, Alexandru Mateizer   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Can real-time visual feedback during gait retraining reduce metabolic demand for individuals with transtibial amputation? [PDF]

, 2017
The metabolic demand of walking generally increases following lower extremity amputation. This study used real-time visual feedback to modify biomechanical factors linked to an elevated metabolic demand of walking in individuals with transtibial ...
Choi, Harmony S., Darter, Benjamin J., Esposito, Elizabeth R., Wilken, Jason M.   +3 more
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An explainable machine learning model for predicting in‐hospital amputation rate of patients with diabetic foot ulcer

International Wound Journal, 2021
Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most serious and alarming diabetic complications, which often leads to high amputation rates in diabetic patients.
Puguang Xie, Yuyao Li, B. Deng, Chenzhen Du, Shunli Rui, Wu Deng, Min Wang, J. Boey, D. Armstrong, Yu Ma, Wu Deng   +10 more
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Mortality after major amputation in elderly patients with critical limb ischemia

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
Sanne Klaphake,1,2 Kevin de Leur,1 Paul GH Mulder,1,3 Gwan H Ho,1 Hans G de Groot,1 Eelco J Veen,1 Hence JM Verhagen,2 Lijckle van der Laan1 1Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital, Breda, 2Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical ...
Klaphake S, de Leur K, Mulder PGH, Ho GH, de Groot HG, Veen EJ, Verhagen HJM, van der Laan L   +7 more
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Epidemiology and Risk of Amputation in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Peripheral Artery Disease

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2020
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) stems from atherosclerosis of lower extremity arteries with resultant arterial narrowing or occlusion. The most severe form of PAD is termed chronic limb-threatening ischemia and carries a significant risk of limb loss and
M. Creager, J. Barnes, M. Eid, M. Creager, P. Goodney   +4 more
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Employment status, job characteristics and work-related health experience of people with a lower limb amputation in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2001
Objectives: To describe the occupational situation of people with lower limb amputations in The Netherlands and to compare the health experience of workings and nonworking amputee patients with a nonimpaired reference population.
Boonstra, A.M., de Vries, J., Eisma, W.H., Groothoff, J.W., Göeken, L.N.H., Schoppen, T.   +5 more
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Risk factors for lower extremity amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE, 2020
Purpose A considerable number of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) patients require amputation every year, which worsens their quality of life, aggravates the social burden, and shortens their life expectancy.
Chunmei Lin, Jinhao Liu, Hu Sun
semanticscholar   +1 more source