Amputation: The removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body. (Dorland, 28th ed)Amputation, Traumatic: Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury.Amputation Stumps: The part of a limb or tail following amputation that is proximal to the amputated section.Artificial Limbs: Prosthetic replacements for arms, legs, and parts thereof.Diabetic Foot: Common foot problems in persons with DIABETES MELLITUS, caused by any combination of factors such as DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; and INFECTION. With the loss of sensation and poor circulation, injuries and infections often lead to severe foot ulceration, GANGRENE and AMPUTATION.Lower Extremity: The region of the lower limb in animals, extending from the gluteal region to the FOOT, and including the BUTTOCKS; HIP; and LEG.AmputeesLeg: The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE.Phantom Limb: Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. (From Neurol Clin 1998 Nov;16(4):919-36; Brain 1998 Sep;121(Pt 9):1603-30)Limb Salvage: An alternative to amputation in patients with neoplasms, ischemia, fractures, and other limb-threatening conditions. Generally, sophisticated surgical procedures such as vascular surgery and reconstruction are used to salvage diseased limbs.Gangrene: Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply.Ischemia: A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION.Disarticulation: Amputation or separation at a joint. (Dorland, 28th ed)Finger Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers.Leg Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the leg.Toes: Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT.Foot Ulcer: Lesion on the surface of the skin of the foot, usually accompanied by inflammation. The lesion may become infected or necrotic and is frequently associated with diabetes or leprosy.Extremities: The farthest or outermost projections of the body, such as the HAND and FOOT.Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Pathological processes involving any one of the BLOOD VESSELS in the vasculature outside the HEART.Replantation: Restoration of an organ or other structure to its original site.Vascular Surgical Procedures: Operative procedures for the treatment of vascular disorders.Podiatry: A specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders and injuries and anatomic defects of the foot.Foot: The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE); METATARSUS; phalanges; and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.Arterial Occlusive Diseases: Pathological processes which result in the partial or complete obstruction of ARTERIES. They are characterized by greatly reduced or absence of blood flow through these vessels. They are also known as arterial insufficiency.Regeneration: The physiological renewal, repair, or replacement of tissue.Popliteal Artery: The continuation of the femoral artery coursing through the popliteal fossa; it divides into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.Debridement: The removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. (Dorland, 27th ed)Retrospective Studies: Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.Reoperation: A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery.Wound Healing: Restoration of integrity to traumatized tissue.Blast Injuries: Injuries resulting when a person is struck by particles impelled with violent force from an explosion. Blast causes pulmonary concussion and hemorrhage, laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured ear drums, and minor effects in the central nervous system. (From Dorland, 27th ed)Treatment Outcome: Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.Animal Fins: Membranous appendage of fish and other aquatic organisms used for locomotion or balance.Tibial Arteries: The anterior and posterior arteries created at the bifurcation of the popliteal artery. The anterior tibial artery begins at the lower border of the popliteus muscle and lies along the tibia at the distal part of the leg to surface superficially anterior to the ankle joint. Its branches are distributed throughout the leg, ankle, and foot. The posterior tibial artery begins at the lower border of the popliteus muscle, lies behind the tibia in the lower part of its course, and is found situated between the medial malleolus and the medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity. Its branches are distributed throughout the leg and foot.Forefoot, Human: The forepart of the foot including the metatarsals and the TOES.Tibia: The second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.Arm Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the arm.Femoral Artery: The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery.Forelimb: A front limb of a quadruped. (The Random House College Dictionary, 1980)Knee: A region of the lower extremity immediately surrounding and including the KNEE JOINT.Peripheral Arterial Disease: Lack of perfusion in the EXTREMITIES resulting from atherosclerosis. It is characterized by INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION, and an ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX of 0.9 or less.Vascular Patency: The degree to which BLOOD VESSELS are not blocked or obstructed.Leg Ulcer: Ulceration of the skin and underlying structures of the lower extremity. About 90% of the cases are due to venous insufficiency (VARICOSE ULCER), 5% to arterial disease, and the remaining 5% to other causes.Foot Diseases: Anatomical and functional disorders affecting the foot.Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous: The noninvasive measurement or determination of the partial pressure (tension) of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide locally in the capillaries of a tissue by the application to the skin of a special set of electrodes. These electrodes contain photoelectric sensors capable of picking up the specific wavelengths of radiation emitted by oxygenated versus reduced hemoglobin.Hemipelvectomy: Amputation of a lower limb through the sacroiliac joint.OsteomyelitisThromboangiitis Obliterans: A non-atherosclerotic, inflammatory thrombotic disease that commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries or veins in the extremities. It is characterized by occlusive THROMBOSIS and FIBROSIS in the vascular wall leading to digital and limb ISCHEMIA and ulcerations. Thromboangiitis obliterans is highly associated with tobacco smoking.Prosthesis Fitting: The fitting and adjusting of artificial parts of the body. (From Stedman's, 26th ed)Surgical Flaps: Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.Follow-Up Studies: Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.Time Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.Fibula: The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones.Bone Neoplasms: Tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific BONES.TailSalamandridae: A family of Urodela consisting of 15 living genera and about 42 species and occurring in North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.Hospitals, Veterans: Hospitals providing medical care to veterans of wars.Postoperative Complications: Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.Hand Injuries: General or unspecified injuries to the hand.Diabetes Complications: Conditions or pathological processes associated with the disease of diabetes mellitus. Due to the impaired control of BLOOD GLUCOSE level in diabetic patients, pathological processes develop in numerous tissues and organs including the EYE, the KIDNEY, the BLOOD VESSELS, and the NERVE TISSUE.Reconstructive Surgical Procedures: Procedures used to reconstruct, restore, or improve defective, damaged, or missing structures.Diabetic Angiopathies: VASCULAR DISEASES that are associated with DIABETES MELLITUS.Arteriosclerosis Obliterans: Common occlusive arterial disease which is caused by ATHEROSCLEROSIS. It is characterized by lesions in the innermost layer (ARTERIAL INTIMA) of arteries including the AORTA and its branches to the extremities. Risk factors include smoking, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, and HYPERTENSION.Osteosarcoma: A sarcoma originating in bone-forming cells, affecting the ends of long bones. It is the most common and most malignant of sarcomas of the bones, and occurs chiefly among 10- to 25-year-old youths. (From Stedman, 25th ed)Metatarsus: The part of the foot between the tarsa and the TOES.Foot Injuries: General or unspecified injuries involving the foot.Veins: The vessels carrying blood away from the capillary beds.Arthropathy, Neurogenic: Chronic progressive degeneration of the stress-bearing portion of a joint, with bizarre hypertrophic changes at the periphery. It is probably a complication of a variety of neurologic disorders, particularly TABES DORSALIS, involving loss of sensation, which leads to relaxation of supporting structures and chronic instability of the joint. (Dorland, 27th ed)Surgical Wound Infection: Infection occurring at the site of a surgical incision.Arm: The superior part of the upper extremity between the SHOULDER and the ELBOW.Tibial FracturesAmbystoma mexicanum: A salamander found in Mexican mountain lakes and accounting for about 30 percent of the urodeles used in research. The axolotl remains in larval form throughout its life, a phenomenon known as neoteny.Wound Infection: Invasion of the site of trauma by pathogenic microorganisms.Graft Occlusion, Vascular: Obstruction of flow in biological or prosthetic vascular grafts.Amniotic Band Syndrome: A disorder present in the newborn infant in which constriction rings or bands, causing soft tissue depressions, encircle digits, extremities, or limbs and sometimes the neck, thorax, or abdomen. They may be associated with intrauterine amputations.Inguinal Canal: The tunnel in the lower anterior ABDOMINAL WALL through which the SPERMATIC CORD, in the male; ROUND LIGAMENT, in the female; nerves; and vessels pass. Its internal end is at the deep inguinal ring and its external end is at the superficial inguinal ring.Risk Factors: An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.Soft Tissue Neoplasms: Neoplasms of whatever cell type or origin, occurring in the extraskeletal connective tissue framework of the body including the organs of locomotion and their various component structures, such as nerves, blood vessels, lymphatics, etc.Blood Vessel Prosthesis: Device constructed of either synthetic or biological material that is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels.Veterans: Former members of the armed services.Angioplasty, Balloon: Use of a balloon catheter for dilation of an occluded artery. It is used in treatment of arterial occlusive diseases, including renal artery stenosis and arterial occlusions in the leg. For the specific technique of BALLOON DILATION in coronary arteries, ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY is available.Neuroma: A tumor made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers. (Dorland, 27th ed)Diabetic Neuropathies: Peripheral, autonomic, and cranial nerve disorders that are associated with DIABETES MELLITUS. These conditions usually result from diabetic microvascular injury involving small blood vessels that supply nerves (VASA NERVORUM). Relatively common conditions which may be associated with diabetic neuropathy include third nerve palsy (see OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES); MONONEUROPATHY; mononeuropathy multiplex; diabetic amyotrophy; a painful POLYNEUROPATHY; autonomic neuropathy; and thoracoabdominal neuropathy. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1325)Embolectomy: Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material which has been transported from a distant vessel by the bloodstream. Removal of a clot at its original site is called THROMBECTOMY.Vascular Diseases: Pathological processes involving any of the BLOOD VESSELS in the cardiac or peripheral circulation. They include diseases of ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.
Source of inappropriate receptive fields in cortical somatotopic maps from rats that sustained neonatal forelimb removal. (1/1348)
Previously this laboratory demonstrated that forelimb removal at birth in rats results in the invasion of the cuneate nucleus by sciatic nerve axons and the development of cuneothalamic cells with receptive fields that include both the forelimb-stump and the hindlimb. However, unit-cluster recordings from primary somatosensory cortex (SI) of these animals revealed few sites in the forelimb-stump representation where responses to hindlimb stimulation also could be recorded. Recently we reported that hindlimb inputs to the SI forelimb-stump representation are suppressed functionally in neonatally amputated rats and that GABAergic inhibition is involved in this process. The present study was undertaken to assess the role that intracortical projections from the SI hindlimb representation may play in the functional reorganization of the SI forelimb-stump field in these animals. The SI forelimb-stump representation was mapped during gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-receptor blockade, both before and after electrolytic destruction of the SI hindlimb representation. Analysis of eight amputated rats showed that 75.8% of 264 stump recording sites possessed hindlimb receptive fields before destruction of the SI hindlimb. After the lesions, significantly fewer sites (13.2% of 197) were responsive to hindlimb stimulation (P < 0.0001). Electrolytic destruction of the SI lower-jaw representation in four additional control rats with neonatal forelimb amputation did not significantly reduce the percentage of hindlimb-responsive sites in the SI stump field during GABA-receptor blockade (P = 0.98). Similar results were obtained from three manipulated rats in which the SI hindlimb representation was silenced temporarily with a local cobalt chloride injection. Analysis of response latencies to sciatic nerve stimulation in the hindlimb and forelimb-stump representations suggested that the intracortical pathway(s) mediating the hindlimb responses in the forelimb-stump field may be polysynaptic. The mean latency to sciatic nerve stimulation at responsive sites in the GABA-receptor blocked SI stump representation of neonatally amputated rats was significantly longer than that for recording sites in the hindlimb representation [26.3 +/- 8.1 (SD) ms vs. 10.8 +/- 2.4 ms, respectively, P < 0.0001]. These results suggest that hindlimb input to the SI forelimb-stump representation detected in GABA-blocked cortices of neonatally forelimb amputated rats originates primarily from the SI hindlimb representation. (+info)Age-related outcome for peripheral thrombolysis. (2/1348)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the age-related outcome of peripheral thrombolysis and determine for which patient group this treatment is worthwhile. DESIGN AND METHODS: A combined retrospective and prospective analysis of consecutive patients undergoing thrombolysis for acute lower-limb ischaemia was made with respect to age-related outcome and other risk factors. RESULTS: One hundred and two patients underwent thrombolysis for acute limb ischaemia. In the under 60 age group there was a 40% amputation rate. Seventy-three per cent of this group smoked. In the over 80 age group, the amputation rate was 15% and only 8% were smokers. CONCLUSION: Advancing age is not an adverse risk factor for thrombolysis which appears to be safe and effective in this patient group. There is a high incidence of smoking in the younger age group (< 60 years), in whom failed thrombolysis frequently leads to amputation. (+info)Association between age and survival following major amputation. The Scottish Vascular Audit Group. (3/1348)
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether age is associated with survival following major amputation and whether this association is independent or simply reflects selection bias in amputation level. DESIGN AND MATERIALS: Computer linkage of routine discharge and death data on the 2759 patients undergoing major amputation in Scotland between 1989 and 1993 for peripheral arterial disease. METHODS: Cox's proportional hazards model and multivariate logistic regression analysis using death as the outcome variable and age, sex, urgency, amputation level and recent arterial reconstructive surgery as predictor variables. RESULTS: Proximal amputation was more common in older patients. Survival was associated with both age (p < 0.001) and amputation level (p < 0.001). Age was an independent predictor of death at 30 days (p < 0.0001), 6 months (p < 0.001), 12 months (p < 0.0001) and 2 years (p < 0.0001) postoperation. CONCLUSIONS: Survival following amputation was poor, with only half the patients alive at 2 years. Above-knee amputation was associated with poorer survival, presumably due to the presence of more severe and widespread disease, and was undertaken more commonly in older patients. However, age remained a predictor of survival after adjustment for amputation level. Higher early mortality suggest that a worse prognosis in elderly patients cannot be attributed wholly to actuarial considerations. (+info)Long-term functional status and quality of life after lower extremity revascularization. (4/1348)
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess the longer term (up to 7 years) functional status and quality of life outcomes from lower extremity revascularization. METHODS: This study was designed as a cross-sectional telephone survey and chart review at the University of Minnesota Hospital. The subjects were patients who underwent their first lower extremity revascularization procedure or a primary amputation for vascular disease between January 1, 1989, and January 31, 1995, who had granted consent or had died. The main outcome measures were ability to walk, SF-36 physical function, SF-12, subsequent amputation, and death. RESULTS: The medical records for all 329 subjects were reviewed after the qualifying procedures for details of the primary procedure (62.6% arterial bypass graft, 36.8% angioplasty, 0.6% atherectomy), comorbidities (64% diabetics), severity of disease, and other vascular risk factors. All 166 patients who were living were surveyed by telephone between June and August 1996. At 7 years after the qualifying procedure, 73% of the patients who were alive still had the qualifying limb, although 63% of the patients had died. Overall, at the time of the follow-up examination (1 to 7.5 years after the qualifying procedure), 65% of the patients who were living were able to walk independently and 43% had little or no limitation in walking several blocks. In a multiple regression model, patients with diabetes and patients who were older were less likely to be able to walk at follow-up examination and had a worse functional status on the SF-36 and a lower physical health on the SF-12. Number of years since the procedure was not a predictor in any of the analyses. CONCLUSION: Although the long-term mortality rate is high in the population that undergoes lower limb revascularization, the survivors are likely to retain their limb over time and have good functional status. (+info)Isolated femoropopliteal bypass graft for limb salvage after failed tibial reconstruction: a viable alternative to amputation. (5/1348)
PURPOSE: Femoropopliteal bypass grafting procedures performed to isolated popliteal arteries after failure of a previous tibial reconstruction were studied. The results were compared with those of a study of primary isolated femoropopliteal bypass grafts (IFPBs). METHODS: IFPBs were only constructed if the uninvolved or patent popliteal segment measured at least 7 cm in length and had at least one major collateral supplying the calf. When IFPB was performed for ischemic lesions, these lesions were usually limited to the digits or small portions of the foot. Forty-seven polytetrafluoroethylene grafts and three autogenous reversed saphenous vein grafts were used. RESULTS: Ankle brachial pressure index (ABI) increased after bypass grafting by a mean of 0.46. Three-year primary life table patency and limb-salvage rates for primary IFPBs were 73% and 86%, respectively. All eight IFPBs performed after failed tibial bypass grafts remained patent for 2 to 44 months, with patients having viable, healed feet. CONCLUSION: In the presence of a suitable popliteal artery and limited tissue necrosis, IFPB can have acceptable patency and limb-salvage rates, even when a polytetrafluoroethylene graft is used. Secondary IFPB can be used to achieve limb salvage after failed tibial bypass grafting. (+info)Level of amputation following failed arterial reconstruction compared to primary amputation--a meta-analysis. (6/1348)
OBJECTIVES: To determine if the level of amputation after failed vascular reconstruction was comparable to the level of amputation after primary amputation. DESIGN AND METHODS: Medline literature search (1975-1996), meta-analysis. RESULTS: The odds ratio of transtibial to transfemoral (TT/TF) amputations was 927/657 = 1.41 (95% confidence limits: 1.278-1.561) in postrevascularisation amputation (PRVA) and 1590/1162 = 1.37 (95% confidence limits: 1.269-1.477) in primary amputation (PA) (p = 0.65). The pooled data show that the number of conversions from transtibial (TT) to transfemoral (TF) amputations due to amputation stump complications were 85/369 (23%) in PRVA against 93/752 (12.4%) in PA (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: We could not detect any difference in TT/TF ratio between PRVA and PA. However, the risk of conversion i.e. reamputation to a higher level is higher after PRVA compared to PA. The chance of having a successful transtibial amputation is approximately 58% for postrevascularisation amputation as well as for primary amputations. An aggressive approach towards vascular reconstruction seems justified. (+info)Relationship of femorodistal bypass patency to clinical outcome. Iloprost Bypass International Study Group. (7/1348)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between bypass patency, limb survival and clinical symptoms after femorodistal bypass procedures. DESIGN: Multicentre, prospectively planned 12-month postoperative follow-up. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Five hundred and seventeen patients undergoing femorodistal bypass surgery for severe ischaemia. Clinical symptoms, bypass patency were recorded at regular intervals up to 12 months postoperatively. RESULTS: Complete follow-up data was obtained on 498 patients (96%). Fifty-six (17%) of the 341 patients with patent bypasses had either rest pain or ulcers or had undergone major amputation at 12 months. Of the 167 patients with an occluded bypass, 22 patients (13%) had improved clinical symptoms and a total of 59 patients (35%) had avoided major amputation at 12 months. The clinical outcome for patients classified preoperatively as Fontaine stage IV was significantly worse than for those in stage III preoperatively despite similar bypass patency rates. CONCLUSIONS: There is a fair correlation between technical and clinical outcome after femorodistal bypass surgery at 12 months, but there are significant numbers of patients with occluded bypasses who have a good clinical outcome and of patients with patent bypasses who have a poor clinical outcome. The reporting of symptoms in addition to bypass patency would aid the interpretation of surgical results. (+info)A case of a malignant melanoma with late metastases 16 years after the initial surgery. (8/1348)
We report a case of a pulmonary metastasis 16 years after the initial surgery for a malignant melanoma. The patient was a 58-year-old Japanese man. In 1976, he had a pigmented skin lesion with a diameter of 8 mm on his right third finger. He received an amputation of the finger and a dissection of the right axillary. Histological examinations of the tumor revealed a feature of a malignant melanoma with infiltration of the papillary layers of the dermis, 1.5 mm in thickness. The histological subtype was considered to be an acral lentiginous melanoma with a mixed spindle-epithelioid cell pattern. There was no regional lymph node metastasis. In December 1992, when he was 74-years-old, a round tumor in the left lower lung was discovered by chest radiography. In February 1993, he received a left lower lobectomy of the lung. Histological examination revealed a feature of a malignant melanoma with predominantly epithelioid cells and this was considered to be a metastasis from the initial skin lesion. Five months after the lobectomy, he died from a hemorrhage of a metastatic brain tumor. This case indicated the importance of periodic, life-long follow-up in treating malignant melanomas. (+info)Amputation[edit]. Those arguing in favor of that the hudud punishment of amputation for theft often describe the visceral ... These include use of general anesthetic for amputation (in Libya, along with instruction to hold off if amputation might "prove ... 64] In his popular book Islam the Misunderstood Religion, Muhammad Qutb asserts that amputation punishment for theft "has been ... Hudud punishments range from public lashing to publicly stoning to death, amputation of hands and crucifixion.[11] Hudud crimes ...
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... infections metabolic imbalance trauma Congenital amputation is the least common reason for amputation, but it is projected[by ... Congenital amputation is birth without a limb or limbs, or without a part of a limb or limbs. It is known to be caused by blood ... Congenital amputation can also occur due to maternal exposure to teratogens during pregnancy. The exact cause of congenital ... A baby with congenital amputation can be missing a portion of a limb or the entire limb, which results in the complete absence ...
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Drugs, such as iloprost, may help prevent amputation in people who quit smoking but still have blocked arteries. Other drugs, ... Nonetheless, thromboangiitis obliterans invariably worsens in people who continue to smoke, and amputation is commonly required ... In contrast, if people with thromboangiitis obliterans quit smoking, amputation is rarely required. ...
Three patients underwent amputation for non-manageable infection after internal hemipelvectomy. Hospital mortality was 8.8%. ...
... after amputation of unspecified digits, 2(9.5%) after below knee amputation and 3(14.3%) remained unhealed after debridement ... required debridement and/or amputation. Among the group of 21 episodes requiring debridement and/or amputation, 11(52.4%) ... James [8]. At this hospital there have been an average of 41 lower limb amputations in diabetics in each of the five years ... Malone JM, Snyder M, Anderson G, Bernhard VM, Holloway GA, Bunt TJ: Prevention of amputation by diabetic education. Am J Surg. ...
These four cases were treated immediately with resuscitation, control of hemorrhage, early amputation, repeated debridement and ... only four cases underwent arterial embolization before amputation and one case received artery embolization after amputation[6 ... c) The view after the amputation. (d) On the fourth postoperative day, severe soft tissue necrosis and wound infection was ... Amputation is a life-saving surgery and the surgical process should be simplified to minimize the "second hit" to the patients ...
A history of prior foot problems (such as foot ulcer, amputation of foot complex, surgery or a combination of these) was found ... Foot surgery in this context referred to all types of surgery of the foot, including amputation of the foot complex, surgical ... The patients history of prior diabetic foot problems, such as foot ulcers, foot complex amputation, and/or other types of foot ... A non-healing, infected foot ulcer may require surgical debridement and amputation.(18) A few case reports have highlighted ...
ABS can range from mild to severe, and with the more serious conditions, ABS can cause miscarriages and limb amputations if the ... In severe cases, although rare, amputation of the affected limbs, and use of prosthetics ...
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Limb loss and amputations have different causes including birth defects, cancer and injuries. Physical therapy and counseling ... Leg amputation - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish * Leg or foot amputation (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in ... Amputation - traumatic (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish * Foot amputation - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in ... ClinicalTrials.gov: Amputation (National Institutes of Health) * ClinicalTrials.gov: Amputation, Traumatic (National Institutes ...
Traumatic amputation is the loss of a body part, usually a finger, toe, arm, or leg, that occurs as the result of an accident ... Fingertip injuries and amputations. orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/fingertip-injuries-and-amputations. Updated July ... Traumatic amputation is the loss of a body part, usually a finger, toe, arm, or leg, that occurs as the result of an accident ... Amputation is painful and very frightening.. *Control bleeding by applying direct pressure to the wound. Raise the injured area ...
Forequarter amputation is amputation of the arm, scapula and clavicle. It is usually performed as a last resort to remove a ... A further amputation had left him open to infection, and now he was facing the prospect of an awful, agonising death over a ... "British surgeon tells of how he carried out amputation via text message". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-06. "Surgeon saves ... "British surgeon tells of how he carried out amputation via text message". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-06. ...
Above-the-Knee Amputation By Meg Marinis, Director of Medical Research , Nov 29th, 2012 ... Besides severe infection, other indications for an AK amputation include: • Trauma or injury. • Poor blood flow that cannot be ... Internationally, this type is also known as a transfemoral amputation because it occurs in the thigh, through the femoral bone ... Alex performed an above-the-knee (AK) amputation on Arizona. ... with limb loss in this country has a transfemoral amputation. ...
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The victims of a growing mental disorder are obsessed with amputation.. By Carl Elliott ... I published an article about wannabes for the Atlantic Monthly and another on the legality of such amputations with my ... His apparent certainty that nothing short of amputation can help these people is underscored by ominous music and a screen shot ... Robert Smith, the Scottish surgeon, has six more acceptable candidates for amputation. A popular wannabe listserv, whose ...
Voluntary amputation, for example, was regarded as a fetish, perhaps arising because an amputees stump resembles a phallus, ... Voluntary amputation, for example, was regarded as a fetish, perhaps arising because an amputees stump resembles a phallus, ... Moreover, my brain seemed to be perfectly adapted to a one-handed way of doing things immediately after my amputation...as if I ... I find the foregoing unsensational discussion of our condition very heartening, and only hope that amputation can rapidly be ...
Background Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) is a relatively common operation that is performed to safeguard limb viability. ... Impact of amputation level and comorbidities on functional status of nursing home residents after lower extremity amputation. J ... encoded search term (Transmetatarsal Amputation) and Transmetatarsal Amputation What to Read Next on Medscape. Related ... In a study comparing digital amputation (n = 77) with transmetatarsal amputation (n = 70) in 147 diabetic patients with ...
Ashanti Norals developed septic shock resulting in personal injuries including amputation of four limbs," the complaint states. ...
The amputation will allegedly require future corrective surgery and has led baby Benjamin to experience "significant mental and ... "Every year there are steady reports made to the FDA of penile amputations due to the Mogen Clamp," the complaint states, ... These reports account for only a small portion of actual amputations in the medical community.". Despite their knowledge of the ... Benjamins mother says that "the long history of penile amputations" associated with the Mogen Clamp, "unlike other ...
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Seriously considering asking my Ortho for an elective amputation. Im 32 years old, mom of 2. Ive had 4 knee surgeries (tibial ... Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. Many have undergone amputation or have been living with a ... Im ready to ask for an amputation. Ive been doing A LOT of reading on osteotomies, knee replacements and amputations and the ... but that if that does not work that amputation is the only option. He also said that amputation now is also an option, no one ...
- Congenital amputation is birth without a limb or limbs, or without a part of a limb or limbs. (wikipedia.org)
- mean age, 63 ± 13.5 years) underwent 256 MLEAs (90.9% below-knee amputations, 1.3% through-knee amputations, and 7.8% above-knee amputations [AKAs]) related to acute and critical limb ischemia, infection, or other causes. (elsevier.com)
- Three patients underwent amputation for non-manageable infection after internal hemipelvectomy. (uni-muenster.de)
- After all, debridement or amputation just ahead of advancing sepsis almost always controls invasive infection in a diabetic foot and therefore debridement of contaminated tissue ought to prevent evolution into infection. (biomedcentral.com)
- Of 77 reported episodes of closed pedal puncture wound among 51 participants, 45.4% healed without medical intervention, 27.3% healed after non-surgical treatment by a doctor and 27.3% required surgical intervention ranging from debridement to below-knee amputation. (biomedcentral.com)
- These four cases were treated immediately with resuscitation, control of hemorrhage, early amputation, repeated debridement and closure of the wounds. (biomedcentral.com)
- A baby with congenital amputation can be missing a portion of a limb or the entire limb, which results in the complete absence of a limb beyond a certain point where only a stump is left is known as transverse deficiency or amelia. (wikipedia.org)
- There were no patients with dementia, on dialysis, or with bilateral MLEAs who were ambulatory after amputation. (elsevier.com)
- 50% of patients receiving MLEAs are ambulatory after amputation. (elsevier.com)
- Amnion ruptures can be caused by: teratogenic drugs (e.g. thalidomide, which causes phocomelia), or environmental chemicals ionizing radiation (atomic weapons, radioiodine, radiation therapy) infections metabolic imbalance trauma Congenital amputation is the least common reason for amputation, but it is projected[by whom? (wikipedia.org)
- Heavy exposure to chemicals, smoking, alcohol, poor diet, or engaging in any other teratogenic activities while pregnant can increase the risk of having a child born with a congenital amputation. (wikipedia.org)
- Congenital amputation can also occur due to maternal exposure to teratogens during pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
- If there is congenital amputation of the fingers, plastic surgery can be performed by using the big toe or second toes in place of the missing fingers of the hand. (wikipedia.org)
- citation needed] In rare cases of amniotic banding syndrome, if diagnosed in utero, fetal surgery may be considered to save a limb which is in danger of amputation. (wikipedia.org)
- Objective: Major lower extremity amputations (MLEAs) remain a significant source of disability. (elsevier.com)
- Two cases died from hemorrhage before and after operation respectively, and one case was transferred to a local hospital two days after amputation and was lost to follow-up. (biomedcentral.com)
- The most popular method of treatment for congenital amputation is having the child be fit for a prosthesis which can lead to normal development, so the muscles don't atrophy. (wikipedia.org)
- For most cases the diagnosis for congenital amputation is not made until the infant is born. (wikipedia.org)