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Introduction High amputation of the lower limb not only causes immense physical disability but also the destruction of the patient’s mental state, and helps to shorten life of patients with diabetes.
Waldemar Wierzba +3 more
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Crossover replantation of a foot after bilateral traumatic lower-leg amputation
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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Osseointegrated finger prostheses using a tripod titanium mini-plate [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Digital amputation is a common upper extremity injury and can cause significant impairment in hand function, as well as psychosocial stigma.
Ciudad, Pedro +5 more
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Osteoplastic Thumb Reconstruction in the Immediate Setting: A Case Series
Background:. Traumatic thumb amputation can have devastating effects on residual hand function. When replantation is not possible, thumb reconstruction is often performed in a delayed manner and may require multiple stages.
Yusha Liu, MD, PhD +5 more
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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]
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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Nursing care of a patient after limb amputation - case study
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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LEVEL SELECTION OF NON-TRAUMATIC LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL ISCHEMIA
Objective. To evaluate the informativeness of ultrasound scanning of the lower limb arteries and angiography in patients with critical ischemia for choosing the optimal level of extremity amputation. Methods.
S.M. Vasyliuk +5 more
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The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]
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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Unusual Mechanisms of Penile Amputation
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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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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