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A Retrospective Review of Risk Factors and Conversion Rate of Transmetatarsal Amputations to Below or Above Knee Amputation

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2017
Category: Diabetes Introduction/Purpose: Despite the presence of several studies examining the conversion from transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) to a more proximal amputation, few studies identified the possible predictors of failure.
Jefferson Sabatini MD, Susan Odum PhD, J. Kent Ellington MD, MS, Carroll P. Jones MD, W. Hodges Davis MD   +4 more
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A machine learning framework to classify musculoskeletal injury risk groups in military service members

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
BackgroundMusculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs) are endemic in military populations. Thus, it is essential to identify and mitigate MSKI risks. Time-to-event machine learning models utilizing self-reported questionnaires or existing data (e.g., electronic ...
Matthew B. Bird, Matthew B. Bird, Megan H. Roach, Megan H. Roach, Megan H. Roach, Roberts G. Nelson, Matthew S. Helton, Timothy C. Mauntel, Timothy C. Mauntel, Timothy C. Mauntel   +9 more
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Retrospective observational study of characteristics of persons with amputations accessing International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) rehabilitation centres in five conflict and postconflict countries

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Limb amputation incidence is particularly high in fragile contexts due to conflict, accidents and poorly managed diabetes. The study aim was to analyse (1) demographic and amputation characteristics of persons with any type of acquired ...
Catherine Blake, Sigiriya Aebischer Perone, Prashant Bhandarkar, Andreas Wladis, Cornelia Anne Barth, Cliona O'Sullivan   +5 more
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Predicting the risk of amputation and death in patients with diabetic foot ulcer. A long‐term prospective cohort study of patients in Tanzania

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2022
Introduction This prospective cohort study aimed to identify the characteristics of patients with diabetic foot ulcer who are at higher risk of amputation and at increased risk of death.
Zulfiqarali G. Abbas, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Janet K. Lutale, Roozbeh Naemi   +3 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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Surgical revascularization versus amputation for peripheral vascular disease in dialysis patients: a cohort study

BMC Nephrology, 2005
Background Surgical treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in dialysis patients is controversial. Methods We examined the post-operative morbidity and mortality of surgical revascularization or amputation for PVD in a retrospective analysis of ...
Ramkumar Nirupama, Pappas Lisa M, Logar Christine M, Beddhu Srinivasan   +3 more
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Quantifying the incidence of lower limb amputation in people with and without diabetes in Wales between 2008–2018

Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 2023
Background: There is variance in the incidence of lower extremity amputation across and within countries including within the UK. National data shows up to a fourfold variance in the amputation rate throughout the regions of England and differences in ...
J Hayes, JM Rafferty, WY Cheung, A Akbari, R Thomas, S Bain, C Topliss, JW Stephens   +7 more
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Major lower extremity amputations – risk of re-amputation, time to re-amputation, and risk factors: a nationwide cohort study from Denmark

Acta Orthopaedica
Background and purpose: Re-amputation after lower extremity amputation is frequent. The primary aim of our study was to investigate cumulative re-amputation risk after transtibial amputation (TTA), knee disarticulation (KD), and transfemoral amputation (
Anna Trier Heiberg Brix, Katrine Hass Rubin, Tine Nymark, Hagen Schmal, Martin Lindberg-Larsen   +4 more
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Understanding the experience of veterans who require lower limb amputation in the veterans health administration

PLoS ONE, 2022
Purpose There is limited qualitative research on the experience of patients undergoing lower limb amputation due to chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) and their participation in amputation-level decisions.
Chelsea Leonard, George Sayre, Sienna Williams, Alison Henderson, Daniel Norvell, Aaron P. Turner, Joseph Czerniecki   +6 more
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Influence of micro- and macro-vascular disease and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 on the level of lower-extremity amputation in patients with type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2018
Background Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) face a high amputation rate. We investigated the relationship between the level of amputation and the presence of micro or macro-vascular disease and related circulating biomarkers, Tumor Necrosis Factor ...
Fabrice Schneider, Pierre-Jean Saulnier, Elise Gand, Mathieu Desvergnes, Nicolas Lefort, Eric Thorin, Nathalie Thorin-Trescases, Kamel Mohammedi, Stéphanie Ragot, Jean-Baptiste Ricco, Samy Hadjadj   +10 more
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