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Incidence and causes of lower-limb amputations in the city of Ribeirão Preto from 1985 to 2008: evaluation of the medical records from 3,274 cases

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
: Objective: It was to identify trends of traumatic and non-traumatic causes of lower limb amputations, as well as the role played by population aging, traffic violence increase, public health policy of diabetes control program and drivers anti-alcohol ...
Bruna Maria Bueno Barbosa, Rosane Aparecida Monteiro, Lucas Françolin Sparano, Rodolfo Fabiano Niz Bareiro, Afonso Dinis Costa Passos, Edgard Eduard Engel   +5 more
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Autobiographical memory and psychological distress in a sample of upper-limb amputees. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Amputation is a traumatic and life-changing event that can take years to adjust to. The present study (a) examines psychological adjustment in a specific trauma-exposed sample, (b) compares the phenomenology (e.g., vividness) of amputation-related ...
Martina Luchetti, Ornella Montebarocci, Nicolino Rossi, Andrea G Cutti, Angelina R Sutin   +4 more
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Care for an elderly person after lower limb amputation

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019
Introduction: Although currently less major amputation is performed, due to more effective revascularization and endovascular treatment, limbs amputations are still necessary and commonly used as a therapeutic method.
Monika Prylińska, Jakub Husejko, Klaudia Kwiatkowska, Alicja Wycech, Marcin Kujaciński, Olga Rymarska, Joanna Sarnowska, Dorota Rogala, Karol Jarosz, Adrianna Nieciecka, Natalia Skierkowska, Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska   +11 more
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Traumatized index finger pollicization for thumb reconstruction—A case report

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019
When the index finger is injured or severed with a traumatic thumb amputation, transfer of the injured index finger can restore the function of the thumb. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the result of the transfer of an injured index finger for
Lu Yi’an, Xiao Haijun, Xue Feng
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Sepsis and anticoagulant, is amputation a lifesaving surgery?

APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021
Patients with severe sepsis are associated with coagulation abnormalities ranging from minimal to major activation of coagulation system, which may lead to fulminant disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and multiorgan failure.
Neeraj Kumar, Amarjeet Kumar, Anil Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Veena Singh   +4 more
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Traumatic amputations in children and adolescents: A demographic study from a tertiary care center in Northern India

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2016
PURPOSE: To determine the demographic pattern, level, mechanism of traumatic amputation in children and adolescent age group and to compare findings with other studies.
Javed Ahmad, Anil Kumar Gupta, V.P. Sharma, Dileep Kumar, Ganesh Yadav, Sanjai Singh   +5 more
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Traumatic Amputation [PDF]

AAOHN Journal, 1990
Traumatic amputations are one of many injuries that can occur to the body's musculoskeletal systems. Degloving, partial and total amputations are common types of traumatic injuries. Since traumatic amputations are very life threatening, emergency treatment must be initiated quickly and directed toward profuse blood loss and potential hypovolemia.
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk of Heart Disease in Patients With Amputation: A Nationwide Cohort Study in South Korea

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Amputation confers disabilities upon patients and is linked to substantial morbidity and death attributed to heart disease. While some studies have focused on traumatic amputees in veterans, few studies have focused on traumatic amputees ...
Hea Lim Choi, Jung Eun Yoo, Miso Kim, Bongsung Kim, Junhee Park, Won Hyuk Chang, Heesun Lee, Kyungdo Han, Dong Wook Shin   +8 more
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Traumatic penile amputation: a case report

BMC Urology, 2017
Background Traumatic amputation of the penis is a rare surgical emergency. Although repair techniques have been well described in literature, failure of replantation and its causes are poorly understood and reported.
Tushar Patial, Girish Sharma, Pamposh Raina   +2 more
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Ultrastructural changes in peripheral arteries and nerves in diabetic ischemic lower limbs, by electron microscope

Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2017
Background: The results of “light and electron microscopic study” of the peripheral arteries and nerves biopsies in diabetic neuropathy comparing with biopsies of normal arteries and nerves of traumatic amputation as a control group.
Mohamed E. Salem, Abdel-Azzem A. Ismael, Amr Salem, Tarek Salem   +3 more
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