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The Role of Amputation and Myoelectric Prosthetic Fitting in Patients with Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2022
Background: A cohort of patients with traumatic brachial plexus injuries (BPIs) underwent elective amputation following unsuccessful surgical reconstruction or delayed presentation. The results of amputation with and without a myoelectric prosthesis (MEP)
Sean R. Cantwell, Andrew Nelson, Brandon P. Sampson, R. Spinner, A. Bishop, Nicholas A. Pulos, A. Shin   +6 more
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Traumatic Forequarter Amputation

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1981
Traumatic forequarter amputation is a rare and devastating injury in which the arm, scapula, clavicle, and pectoral muscles are avulsed from the body by a tremendous force. The case of a man who survived this injury is presented. Replantation at this level has not been successful: treatment recommended consists of control of hemorrhage, wound ...
T R, Layton, E R, Villella, A G, Marrangoni   +2 more
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Comparing digital replantation versus revision amputation patient reported outcomes for traumatic digital amputations of the hand: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Microsurgery, 2021
PURPOSE Adults with traumatic digital amputation (TDA) of the hand may be managed with replantation or revision amputation. To date, there is no systematic review evaluating patient reported outcomes (PROs) comparing replantation versus revision ...
N. Stone, Ajay Shah, Brian Chin, Victoria E. McKinnon, Matthew C. McRae   +4 more
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Association of State and Trait Anxiety Between Patients Who Had Undergone Traumatic Amputation and Their Family Caregivers

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2019
The purpose of this research was to explore the association between state and trait anxiety experienced by patients who had undergone traumatic amputation and their family caregivers.
Vasiliki Tsoulou, Eirini Karamolegou, M. Kourakos, G. Vasilopoulos, M. Polikandrioti   +4 more
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Global prevalence of traumatic non-fatal limb amputation.

Prosthetics and orthotics international, 2020
BACKGROUND Reliable information on both global need for prosthetic services and the current prosthetist workforce is limited. Global burden of disease estimates can provide valuable insight into amputation prevalence due to traumatic causes and global ...
Cody L McDonald, Sarah Westcott-McCoy, M. Weaver, J. Haagsma, D. Kartin   +4 more
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Traumatic scapulohumeral amputation

The American Journal of Surgery, 1953
Abstract 1. 1. This thirty-eight year old adult white male was caught in machinery while at work in a cement plant. The right humerus, scapula and all attached musculature were completely avulsed. He was brought to the hospital in a state of deep shock and it appeared as though he would not survive.
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Reliability and Validity of Upper Extremity Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures in Assessing Traumatic Finger Amputation Management.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2020
PURPOSE This study investigates the psychometric properties of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) instruments for assessing outcomes in post-surgical traumatic digit amputation patients. We hypothesize the MHQ(Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire) and DASH(
Alfred P Yoon, Surinder Kaur, Ching-Han Chou, K. Chung   +3 more
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TRAUMATIC AND AMPUTATION NEUROMAS

Archives of Surgery, 1946
THE CAUSE of painful and traumatic neuromas is not clearly understood. The investigation reported in this paper has been undertaken with the hope of determining whether or not the various methods of dealing with the divided nerve ends influence their occurrence or prevention.
A K, CIESLAK, A P, STOUT
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Traumatic Partial Foot Amputation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1984
Twenty patients in whom partial foot amputation had been performed following trauma were evaluated for successful retention of the foot. Of ten transverse stumps, only three partial feet were retained. Failure was related to poor terminal coverage from skin grafts and to equinus deformity.
T A, Lange, R J, Nasca
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Multiple traumatic limb amputations

Injury, 1984
INTRODUCTION TRAUMATIC amputations of a single or, occasionally, of two limbs are well recorded and the consequences of amputation well known (Hrubec, 1979; Hutchins, 1981). There are few reports in the English literature of triple amputation (Kriller, 1972; Kitowski, 1973).
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