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Limb salvage surgery

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2013
The threat of lower limb loss is seen commonly in severe crush injury, cancer ablation, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and neuropathy. The primary goal of limb salvage is to restore and maintain stability and ambulation.
Dinesh Kadam
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Rotationplasty for Limb Salvage in the Treatment of Malignant Tumors: A Report of Two Cases [PDF]

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2003
Limb salvage is now more common than amputation after radical excision to treat malignant tumors. In a skeletally immature patient who has malignant tumors in a lower extremity, rotationplasty offers a more reliable and durable option than other limb ...
Hsien-Chung Wang, Yen-Mou Lu, Song-Hsiung Chien, Gau-Tyan Lin, Cheng-Chang Lu   +4 more
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8-UPPER LIMB SALVAGE [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2008
Among the vascular injuries, the brachial artery injury is common one. This is a retrospective study of 90 patients admitted at Al-Sader teaching hospital in Najaf from the 1st of January 2007 to the 1st of January 2008.
WADHAH MAHBOBA, LAITH F SHARBAs, ALA, A M MUHSINI   +3 more
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Long-term efficient management of diabetic foot ulcer using simultaneous foot ulcer closure and surgical off-loading

JPRAS Open, 2021
Foot deformity is one of the causes of foot ulcers. Foot ulcers often recur due to foot deformity. Foot ulcer healing alone does not reduce the risk factor of foot ulcer recurrence. The majority of foot ulcer patients, most of whom are elderly, have foot
Yuta Terabe, Nobuhito Kaneko, Keisuke Nakabayashi, Akihiro Matsui, Hiroshi Ando   +4 more
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Adherence and the Diabetic Foot: High Tech Meets High Touch?

Sensors, 2023
Diabetic foot ulcers, which are a common complication of diabetes, can have a negative impact on a person’s physical and mental health, including an increased risk of depression. Patients suffering from depression are less likely to keep up with diabetic
Hadia Srass, J. Karim Ead, David G. Armstrong   +2 more
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Osseointegration Following Transfemoral Amputation After Infected Total Knee Replacement: A Case Series of 10 Patients With a Mean Follow-up of 5 Years

Arthroplasty Today, 2022
Background: Management of total knee replacement (TKR) infection may sometimes prompt knee fusion (KF) or transfemoral amputation (TFA), both associated with low mobility and quality of life (QOL).
Muhammad Adeel Akhtar, MBBS, FRCSEd, Jason Shih Hoellwarth, MD, Kevin Tetsworth, MD, FRACS, Atiya Oomatia, BEng Biomedical, Munjed Al Muderis, MB, ChB, FRACS   +4 more
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Limb salvage in musculoskeletal oncology [PDF]

The Lancet Oncology, 2003
Since the early 1970s, substantial progress in dealing with musculoskeletal tumours has been made, with improvements in surgical skills, radiology, chemotherapy, pathology, and radiotherapy. Nowadays, 70-85% of all malignant tumours are treated by limb salvage, without compromising the oncological result.
Veth, R.P.H., Hoesel, R.Q. van, Pruszczynski, M., Hoogenhout, J., Schreuder, H.W.B., Wobbes, T.   +5 more
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Five year mortality and direct costs of care for people with diabetic foot complications are comparable to cancer

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2020
Background In 2007, we reported a summary of data comparing diabetic foot complications to cancer. The purpose of this brief report was to refresh this with the best available data as they currently exist.
David G. Armstrong, Mark A. Swerdlow, Alexandria A. Armstrong, Michael S. Conte, William V. Padula, Sicco A. Bus   +5 more
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Axillopopliteal bypass for limb salvage [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1992
Forty-one axillopopliteal bypass grafts have been placed in 30 patients for limb salvage in the past 12 years. The mean patient age was 65.6 years; 8 were women; 19 smoked; and six had diabetes. Sixteen grafts were straight axillopopliteal bypass grafts, and 25 were sequential axillopopliteal bypass grafts.
W. Kirt Nichols, Donald Silver, Michael P. Keller, Alfred D. Harding, John R. Hoch   +4 more
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A qualitative study of barriers to care‐seeking for diabetic foot ulceration across multiple levels of the healthcare system

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2022
Introduction The mechanisms for the observed disparities in diabetes‐related amputation are poorly understood and could be related to access for diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) care.
Tze‐Woei Tan, Rebecca M. Crocker, Kelly N. B. Palmer, Chris Gomez, David G. Armstrong, David G. Marrero   +5 more
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