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Nursing care of a patient after limb amputation - case study
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Amputation is the operative, partial or complete cutting off of an organ; the term mainly used for limbs. Traumatic amputation of the limb is one of the oldest surgical procedures.
Bernadeta Jędrzejkiewicz
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Unusual Mechanisms of Penile Amputation
Case Reports in Urology, 2019 Penile amputation is an uncommon and highly morbid injury. Many mechanisms have been reported ranging from self-mutilation and domestic violence to traumatic circumcisions. We present two unusual cases of traumatic penile amputation.
Julian Fazi +3 more
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Crossover replantation of a foot after bilateral traumatic lower-leg amputation
JPRAS Open, 2022 A successful case of crossover replantation of the left foot to the stump of the right leg was described. The lower extremities were amputated at different levels. On the left side, there was a complete amputation in the distal part of the lower leg with
Pan Zhou, Zhenbing Chen
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Physical activity and quality of life of amputees in southern Brazil [PDF]
, 2011 Physical activity is a positive component of human health. Its effects are associated with improvement in physical, psychological and social aspects of quality of life. Physical activity is therefore an important factor in the rehabilitation of amputees.
da Silva, Rudney +4 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022 Background and Aims: Many pain syndromes such as chronic phantom limb pain (PLP) and stump pain (SP), involving nociceptive and neuropathic pain, develop after amputation.
Jeetinder Kaur Makkar +5 more
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The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 Aim: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at both damage control orthopaedics and for case variety of war trauma at a
Borg, Joseph N. +3 more
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Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation: Case report of a rare injury
Trauma Case Reports, 2018 Open traumatic scapulothoracic dissociation is a rare and devastating injury. We are reporting a 21-year-old male factory worker who sustained a traumatic open scapulothoracic dissociation.
Amaleswaran Anbarasan +2 more
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International Journal of Yoga, 2023 Background: Yoga is an emerging intervention causing improvement in physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Its role in improving outcomes in patients with amputation was investigated.
Nida Mir +7 more
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Incidence of Lower Extremity Amputation in Romania: A Nationwide 5-Year Cohort Study, 2015–2019
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of lower extremity amputations (LEAs) in a representative population from Romania, in both diabetic and non-diabetic adults, including trauma-related ...
Emilia Rusu +9 more
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Military Medical Research, 2018 Background In combat operations, patients with traumatic injuries require expeditious evacuation to improve survival. Studies have shown that long transport times are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
Joseph K. Maddry +5 more
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