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Microvascular Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease and Amputation.

Circulation, 2019
BACKGROUND The mechanism of adverse limb events associated with peripheral artery disease remains incompletely understood. We investigated whether microvascular disease is associated with amputation in a large cohort of veterans.
J. Beckman, Meredith S. Duncan, S. Damrauer, Q. Wells, J. Barnett, D. Wasserman, R. Bedimo, A. Butt, V. Marconi, Jason J. Sico, H. Tindle, Marc P. Bonaca, A. Aday, M. Freiberg   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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Risk Factors for Neuropathic Pain Following Major Upper Extremity Amputation

Journal of reconstructive microsurgery, 2020
Background Active treatment (targeted muscle reinnervation [TMR] or regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces [RPNIs]) of the amputated nerve ends has gained momentum to mitigate neuropathic pain following amputation.
Jonathan Lans, Yannick A. J. Hoftiezer, S. Lozano-Calderón, M. Heng, I. Valerio, K. Eberlin   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Etiology of phantom limb syndrome: Insights from a 3D default space consciousness model [PDF]

, 2015
In this article, we examine phantom limb syndrome to gain insights into how the brain functions as the mind and how consciousness arises. We further explore our previously proposed consciousness model in which consciousness and body schema arise when ...
Crawford, Molly W., Jensen, Mike, Ravinder, Jerath   +2 more
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Comparison of carboplatin and doxorubicin-based chemotherapy protocols in 470 dogs after amputation for treatment of appendicular osteosarcoma. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundMany chemotherapy protocols have been reported for treatment of canine appendicular osteosarcoma (OSA), but outcome comparisons in a single population are lacking.ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of protocol and dose intensity (DI) on treatment
Burton, JH, Lana, SE, Selmic, LE, Thamm, DH, Withrow, SJ   +4 more
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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 ...
Betty Razor Rn, Mark J. Schaffner, Jose J. Terz, J. David Beatty, Carol Shimabukuro Msw, Robert Goodkin, Amy Weliky Otr   +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

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
doaj   +1 more source