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Repurposing existing products to accelerate injury recovery (REPAIR) of military relevant musculoskeletal conditions

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs) are a great hindrance to the readiness of the United States Armed Forces through lost duty time and reduced operational capabilities.
Andrew R. Clark, Andrew R. Clark, Timothy C Mauntel, Timothy C Mauntel, Timothy C Mauntel, Stephen M Goldman, Stephen M Goldman, Christopher L. Dearth, Christopher L. Dearth   +8 more
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Factors related to successful job reintegration of people with a lower limb amputation [PDF]

, 2001
Objective: To study demographically, amputation-, and employment-related factors that show a relationship to successful job reintegration of patients after lower limb amputation. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: University hospital.
Andries, Andries, Andries, Annemarijke Boonstra, Bränholm, Eklund, Eric van Sonderen, Fugl-Meyer, Gerhards, Gollaher, Howard, Johan W. Groothoff, Krause, Livingston, Ludwig N. Göeken, Millstein, Mitchell, Narang, Nijboer, Nijboer, Purry, Rozin, Schmidt, Schoppen, Sheikh, Stambrook, Tanneke Schoppen, Wehman, Wevers, Willem H. Eisma, Yelin   +30 more
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Major Limb Amputations: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Major limb amputation is reported to be a major but preventable public health problem that is associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient and family especially in developing countries where the prosthetic services ...
Chalya, Phillipo L, Chandika, Alphonce B, Dass, Ramesh M, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Mabula, Joseph B, Mbelenge, Nkinda, Ngayomela, Isdori H   +6 more
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Wartime Amputations [PDF]

Military Medicine, 1999
This paper outlines the causative factors, incidence, and localization of extremity amputations of wounded persons treated at the Osijek University Hospital (Eastern Slavonia) during 1991 and 1992. The medical documentation of 5,024 patients was analyzed. Of these, 1,560 patients were treated in the hospital (31.0%). A total of 1,916 extremity injuries
S, Jovanovic, B, Wertheimer, Z, Zelic, Z, Getos   +3 more
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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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Pain in traumatic upper limb amputees in Sierra Leone. [PDF]

, 2002
Data on 40 upper limb amputees (11 bilateral) with regard to stump pain, phantom sensation and phantom pain is presented. All the patients lost their limbs as a result of violent injuries intended to terrorise the population and were assessed 10-48 ...
Crombie, I K, Lacoux, P, Macrae, W A
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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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Translumbar amputation [PDF]

Cancer, 1990
Six patients underwent translumbar amputation (TLA), a life-saving procedure, after standard modalities of therapy failed to control the progression of the disease. The primary diagnoses were as follows: pelvic arterial-venous (A-V) malformation, 1; sacral chordoma, 3; giant cell tumor of the sacrum, 1; and paraplegia with squamous cell cancer arising ...
J J, Terz, M J, Schaffner, R, Goodkin, J D, Beatty, B, Razor, A, Weliky, C, Shimabukuro   +6 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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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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