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Amniotic amputation

Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is an uncommon, congenital fetal abnormality. Lower extremity limb defects are the common manifestations of ABS. The most common features include congenital distal ring constrictions, intrauterine amputations, and acrosyndactyly. Rare cases of craniofacial and visceral defects were reported.
Imene Dahmane Ayadi, Emira Ben Hamida
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The Economic Impact of Lower Extremity Amputations in Diabetics. a Retrospective Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital of Faisalabad, Pakistan [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Among the various complications of diabetes, lower-extremity amputation due to diabetic foot is a common problem. In Pakistan, 6-7% of patients with diabetes suffer from diabetic foot ulceration.
Ehsan, S. B. (Sumera), Labeeq, M. (Muhammad), Rehman, W. (Waleed), Tariq, M. A. (Muhammad), Tung, S. A. (Samra), Yar, M. A. (Muhammad)   +5 more
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Osseointegrated finger prostheses using a tripod titanium mini-plate [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Digital amputation is a common upper extremity injury and can cause significant impairment in hand function, as well as psychosocial stigma.
Ciudad, Pedro, Doscher, Matthew, Galan, Ricardo, Liebling, Ralph, LO TORTO, Federico, Manrique, Oscar J   +5 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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Mapping EQ-5D utilities to GBD 2010 and GBD 2013 disability weights : results of two pilot studies in Belgium [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Utilities and disability weights (DWs) are metrics used for calculating Quality-Adjusted Life Years and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), respectively.
Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Gielens, Leslie, Haagsma, Juanita A, Maertens de Noordhout, Charline, Plasmans, Marjanne HD, Speybroeck, Niko   +5 more
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CLASSIFICATION FOR KNEE JOINT BONES DEFECTS IN PATIENTS WITH CONTRINDICATIONS TO ARTHROPLASTY

Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2018
There are many classifications of long bone defects. Some of them are designed from the external fixation background standpoint with the aim to define a particular Ilizarov technique.
L. N. Solomin, K. L. Korchagin, R. S. Rozbruch   +2 more
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Reconstruction of Nonunion Tibial Fractures in War-Wounded Iraqi Civilians, 2006-2008: Better Late Than Never [PDF]

, 2012
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Al Ani, A M K, Alras, M S, Baron, E, Daumas, L, Fakri, R M, Hérard, P, Khaddaj, S, Rose, A M C   +7 more
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Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly affects individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and is associated with increased risk of diabetes‐related complications. To better understand potential mechanisms, we examined the association between symptomatic knee OA and glycemic control in individuals with T2DM.
Lauren K. King, Alanna Weisman, Baiju R. Shah, Robert Goldberg, Amish Parikh, Ian Stanaitis, Vivian Hung, Rosane Nisenbaum, Abdalmohsen Almodahka, Lorraine Lipscombe, Gillian A. Hawker   +10 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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Traumatic amputations [PDF]

British Journal of Pain, 2013
Traumatic amputations remain one of the most emotionally disturbing wounds of conflict, as demonstrated by their frequent use in films to illustrate the horrors of war. Unfortunately, they remain common injuries, particularly following explosions, and, in addition, many survivors require primary amputation for unsalvageable injuries or to save their ...
Jon, Clasper, Arul, Ramasamy
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