Ankle and Lower Leg Injuries in Professional Baseball Players [PDF]
Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2019 Category: Ankle, Sports, Trauma Introduction/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the injury characteristics of ankle and lower leg injuries in professional baseball players during the 2011-2016 seasons by utilizing the Major League ...
Christopher Lucasti BS +5 more
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One year of treating patients with open fractures of the lower extremity in a new military trauma center in Korea: a case series [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2023 Purpose The Armed Forces Trauma Center of Korea was established in April 2022. This study was conducted to report our 1-year experience of treating soldiers with open fractures of the lower extremity.
Ji Wool Ko +5 more
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Predictive factors for failure of limb salvage in blunt leg trauma associated with vascular injuries
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2021 Introduction: Blunt leg trauma is common; however, it is rarely associated with significant vascular injury. This study was undertaken to determine the risk factors attributed to failure of limb salvage in acute postoperative period in blunt leg trauma ...
Nabil A Al-Zoubi +4 more
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Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, 2023 Purpose: The purposes of this study were to determine the incidence and key characteristics of meniscus injuries in professional baseball players, assess current treatment strategies, determine the return to play rates at any level (RTP) and at the same ...
Bradley M. Kruckeberg, M.D. +5 more
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Epidemiology of Lower Leg Soft Tissue Injuries in High School Athletes
Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022 Background Annually there are an estimated 4.5 million sports- and recreation-related injuries among children and young adults in the United States. The most common sports-related injuries are to the lower extremities, with two-thirds occurring among ...
Michael J. Spitnale MD +4 more
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Fasciocutaneous flaps in the management of soft-tissue defects of the lower leg caused by explosive weapons [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2004 The use of fasciocutaneous flaps for the reconstruction of lower leg soft-tissue defects inflicted during the bombing of our country is presented in this case report.
Petković Aleksandar +6 more
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Effect of primary and secondary wartime below-knee amputation on length of hospitalization and rehabilitation [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2002 The results of below-knee amputations in 36 war wounded (mean age 35,42) were reviewed. The majority of the patients was wounded by land mines (94.4%). Most of them were between 25 and 35 years old. Bilateral amputation was done in 2.8% of cases.
Jandrić Slavica, Topić Brano
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Effect of lower‐leg trauma and knee arthroscopy on procoagulant phospholipid‐dependent activity
Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2022 Background Lower‐leg injury and knee arthroscopy are both associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE). The mechanism of VTE in both situations is unknown, including the role of procoagulant microparticles.
Carolina E. Touw +9 more
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Uncommon Mechanism of Mangled Extremity; Three Cases of Rope Entanglement Injury of the Lower Leg [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2023 Rope entanglement injury is a rare entity. Previous reported studies mainly consisted of finger-related injuries. We describe three cases of rope entanglement injury of the lower leg. In the first patient, a below-the-knee amputation was performed as the
Minsu Noh +6 more
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