Pain in traumatic upper limb amputees in Sierra Leone. [PDF]
, 2002 Data on 40 upper limb amputees (11 bilateral) with regard to stump pain, phantom sensation and phantom pain is presented. All the patients lost their limbs as a result of violent injuries intended to terrorise the population and were assessed 10-48 ...
Crombie, I K, Lacoux, P, Macrae, W A
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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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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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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC UPPER AND LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS AMONG SAUDI ARABIAN LOCALS AND EXPATRIATES [PDF]
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2022 Current understanding of region-specific relationships and trends in amputation related parameters for the Saudi Arabian population is limited. The purpose of this study was to look at a cross-section of the Saudi population who had experienced traumatic
Abdullah M. Al-Shenqiti
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Experiences With Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers at a Tertiary Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 300 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Chronic lower limb ulcers constitute a major public health problem of great important all over the world and contribute significantly to high morbidity and long-term disabilities. There is paucity of information regarding chronic lower limb ulcers in our
Chalya, Phillipo L +6 more
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Etiology of Amputation in Patients Presented At HHIRS Mansehra
Journal Riphah College of Rehabilitation Sciences, 2021 Background: Comprehensive physical rehabilitation services of HHIRS were established in 2006 to deal with the orthopedic trauma resulted from the 2005 earthquake.
Keramat Ullah Keramat +3 more
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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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Physical and social factors determining quality of life for veterans with lower-limb amputation(s) : a systematic review [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Most veterans live for many years after their war-related traumatic lower-limb amputation, which is why understanding which factors influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL) remains important to their long-term management.
Henning Langberg +4 more
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Can Early Post-Operative Scoring of Non-Traumatic Amputees Decrease Rates of Revision Surgery?
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: Medical registries evolved from a basic epidemiological data set to further applications allowing deriving decision making.
Vesta Brauckmann +7 more
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Medicine ScienceThe aim is to investigate the quality of life and post-amputation adaptation of patients who have undergone amputation due to trauma and chronic diseases.
Yavuz Selim Karatekin +3 more
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