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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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A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post-surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Perioperative neuropathic pain is under-recognized and often undertreated. Chronic pain may develop after any routine surgery, but it can have a far greater incidence after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy.
Ibarra M.M., Macintyre P.E., Mendola C., Woolf C.J.   +3 more
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Action and non-action oriented body representations. insight from behavioural and grey matter modifications in individuals with lower limb amputation [PDF]

, 2018
Following current model of body representations, we aimed to systematically investigate the association between brain modifications, in terms of grey matter loss, and body representation deficits, in terms of alterations of the body schema (BS) and of ...
Boccia, Maddalena, Brunelli, Stefano, De Giorgi, Roberto, Di Vita, Antonella, Galati, Gaspare, Guariglia, Cecilia, Nemmi, Federico, Palermo, Liana, Traballesi, Marco   +8 more
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In situ forming biomaterials as muscle void fillers for the provisional treatment of volumetric muscle loss injuries

Materials Today Bio, 2023
Volumetric muscle loss (VML) represents a devastating extremity injury which leads to chronic functional deficits and disability and is unrecoverable through normal healing pathways.
Andrew Clark, Jonathan Kulwatno, Sergey S. Kanovka, Todd O. McKinley, Benjamin K. Potter, Stephen M. Goldman, Christopher L. Dearth   +6 more
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Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundIn international comparisons, rates of amputations of the lower limb are relatively high in Germany. This study aims to analyze trends in lower limb amputations over time, as well as outcomes of care concerning in-hospital mortality and ...
M. Spoden, U. Nimptsch, T. Mansky
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A national study of Veterans with major upper limb amputation: Survey methods, participants, and summary findings

PLoS ONE, 2019
Introduction A comprehensive study to assess quality and outcomes of care for Veterans with upper limb amputation is needed. This paper presents methods and summary findings from a national survey of Veterans with upper limb amputation.
L. Resnik, Sarah Ekerholm, M. Borgia, M. Clark   +3 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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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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Predictors of outcomes in diabetic foot osteomyelitis treated initially with conservative (nonsurgical) medical management: A retrospective study [PDF]

, 2016
The optimal way to manage diabetic foot osteomyelitis remains uncertain, with debate in the literature as to whether it should be managed conservatively (ie, nonsurgically) or surgically. We aimed to identify clinical variables that influence outcomes of
Catherine Gooday, Heiba S, Ian Nunney, Ketan Dhatariya, Paul Zeun, van der Meer JW   +5 more
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