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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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AMPUTATIONS [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1922
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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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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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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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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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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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