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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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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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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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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.
de Vries, J, Schoppen, Tanneke, Goeken, Ludwig, Eisma, W.H., Schoppen, T., Göeken, L.N.H., Johan W. Groothoff, Jaap de Vries, Tanneke Schoppen, Willem H. Eisma, de Vries, J., Groothoff, JW, Boonstra, Antje, Eisma, Willem, Groothoff, J.W., Annemarijke Boonstra, Boonstra, A.M., Ludwig N.H. Göeken   +17 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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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 ...
Mbelenge, Nkinda, Gilyoma Japhet M, Alphonce B Chandika, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Chandika Alphonce B, Isdori H Ngayomela, Dass Ramesh M, Chalya, Phillipo L, Ngayomela Isdori H, Phillipo L Chalya, Chalya Phillipo L, Joseph B Mabula, Dass, Ramesh M, Mbelenge Nkinda, Nkinda Mbelenge, Chandika, Alphonce B, Ramesh M Dass, Japhet M Gilyoma, Ngayomela, Isdori H, Mabula, Joseph B, Mabula Joseph B   +20 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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Experience With Performing Rheocarna Therapy via the Single‐Needle Method for Treatment of Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi, Rie Tanaka, Reona Kawahira, Shingo Nabeta, Kouhei Naoi, Kazuhito Kitajima, Akira Wada, Tomonari Takagi, Norihiko Ohura, Akira Miyamoto   +9 more
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Evaluation of biological sex on endstage pathobiology and regenerative treatment of volumetric muscle loss

Scientific Reports
Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is a severe injury resulting in substantial skeletal muscle loss, leading to a complex pathology that culminates in suboptimal tissue repair and significant long-term functional deficits.
Jessica M. Motherwell, Isabella J. Meerzaman, Sergey S. Kanovka, Michael S. Valerio, Claudia E. Hernandez, Zachary G. Davis, Andrew R. Clark, Stephen M. Goldman, Christopher L. Dearth   +8 more
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