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Association Between Diagnosis‐to‐Limb Revascularization Time and Clinical Outcomes in Outpatients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia: Insights From the CLIPPER Cohort

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The extent and consequences of ischemia in patients with chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) may change rapidly, and delays from diagnosis to revascularization may worsen outcomes.
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Elias J. Dayoub, Lin Yang, Kaitlyn Schultz, Omar I. Ramadan, Grace J. Wang, Scott M. Damrauer, Elizabeth A. Genovese, Eric A. Secemsky, Sahil A. Parikh, Ashwin S. Nathan, Maureen P. Kohi, Mitchell D. Weinberg, Michael R. Jaff, Peter W. Groeneveld, Jay S. Giri   +15 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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Tackling diabetic foot: limb salvage during the COVID-19 pandemic

Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2023
Purpose: Lower extremity amputation resulting from diabetic foot ulcer, with neuropathic and/or ischemic etiologies, remains a devastating and costly complication of diabetes mellitus.
Brian M. Schmidt, Laura Shin
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Fate of the contralateral limb after lower extremity amputation [PDF]

, 2013
ObjectiveLower extremity amputation is often performed in patients where both lower extremities are at risk due to peripheral arterial disease or diabetes, yet the proportion of patients who progress to amputation of their contralateral limb is not well ...
Marc L. Schermerhorn, Schermerhorn, Marc L., Julia D. Glaser, Rob Hurks, Hurks, Rob, Elliot L. Chaikof, Hamdan, Allen D., Suzanne Dahlberg, Allen D. Hamdan, Bensley, Rodney P., Wyers, Mark C., Mark C. Wyers, Dahlberg, Suzanne, Chaikof, Elliot L., Glaser, Julia D., Rodney P. Bensley   +15 more
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Predictors for Amputation in Patients with Diabetic Foot Wound

Vascular Specialist International, 2018
Purpose: Diabetic foot wound (DFW) is known as a major contributor of nontraumatic lower extremity amputation. We aimed to evaluate overall amputation rates and risk factors for amputation in patients with DFW. Materials and Methods: From January 2014
Se-Young Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, Jun-Young Choi, Yu-Jin Kwon, Dong Hui Choi, Ki Chun Kim, Min Ji Kim, Ho Kyung Hwang, Kyung-Bok Lee   +8 more
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The Role of Early Revascularization and Biomarkers in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Single Center Experience

Diagnostics, 2022
Diabetic neuropathy and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) are the main etiological factors in foot ulceration. Herein, we report our experience of diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) management, with an analysis of the relationship between the rate of lower ...
Ettore Dinoto, Francesca Ferlito, Manfredi Agostino La Marca, Graziella Tortomasi, Francesca Urso, Salvatore Evola, Giovanni Guercio, Marco Marcianò, David Pakeliani, Guido Bajardi, Felice Pecoraro   +10 more
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Application of lower extremity injury severity scores in children

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2012
Purpose Severe lower extremity trauma presents challenges in decision-making in terms of reconstruction or amputation. While injury severity scores have been developed to aid decision-making in adults, evaluation of their use in children is limited ...
David A. Stewart, Christopher J. Coombs, H. Kerr Graham   +2 more
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Tibial scoring as a predictor for amputation-free survival in critical limb ischemic patients

Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research
Background/aim Evaluating the risk of amputation in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is essential. A critical Limb Ischemic patient (CLI) is known as end stage of PAD.
Yehia K. Sadek, Sameh El Sayed El Emam, Ahmed K. Mohamed   +2 more
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A Study on Analysing Predictive Factors for Major Lower Extremity Amputation in Diabetic Foot Patients [PDF]

, 2020
INTRODUCTION: One of the most significant complications of diabetes is foot disease, which often leads to amputation, very common in developing countries like India, the diabetic capital of the world.
Prabhakaran, D
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Deep vein thrombosis associated with lower extremity amputation [PDF]

, 1995
Purpose: Patients undergoing lower extremity amputation are perceived to be at high risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Limited data are available, however, to confirm this impression. The purpose of this study is to prospectively document the incidence
Moneta, Gregory L., Edwards, James M., Yeager, Richard A., Porter, John M., McConnell, Donald B., Taylor, Lloyd M.   +5 more
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