Limb amputation
Risk Factors Associated with Limb Amputation in a Referral Hospital in Benue State Nigeria
... for amputation within the study period were enrolled for this ...which amputation cases in individuals below 10 years of age were mainly due to trauma ...for amputation were diabetes 2 ...for ...
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The experiences of people with diabetes related lower limb amputation at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Ghana
... Amputations are devastating because of the sudden change in body form and the difficulties associated with rehabilitation especially in developing countries like Ghana where prosthetic services are scarce [16]. Little ...
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Impact of a diabetic foot care education program on lower limb amputation rate
... The diabetic foot care program implemented at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh in 2002 is a comprehensive approach to maintaining the health of diabetic patients’ feet in order to reduce the lower limb ...
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Tactile, thermal, and electrical thresholds in patients with and without phantom limb pain after traumatic lower limb amputation
... lower limb amputation secondary to trauma, below-the-knee amputation, or above-the-knee amputation (AKA); 3) amputation at least 6 months prior to the experiments; and 4) being stable ...
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Provision of Prosthetic Services Following Lower Limb Amputation in Malaysia
... lower limb amputation (17) such that in 2005, the loss of a lower limb due to diabetes was estimated to occur every 30 seconds somewhere in the world ...
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The Locomotor Capabilities Index; validity and reliability of the Swedish version in adults with lower limb amputation
... lower limb amputee with the pros- thesis and assesses level of independence" ...lower limb amputation and it has been found espe- cially useful in daily clinical ...lower limb amputees' ...
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Major Limb Amputation Secondary to Locally Advanced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Tropical Environments: Determinants
... secondary limb amputation in ad- vanced squamous cell ...affected limb, the treatment performed, the evolutionary modalities and the ...lower limb amputa- tions following locally advanced ...
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Psychosocial adaptation to lower limb amputation during the year following rehabilitation : a longitudinal and qualitative analysis
... Amputation level~type 13 Factors associated with prosthetic referral: Medical comorbidities 14 Amputation Level 14 Bilateral Amputation 15 Phantom Limb Pain 17 Etiological explanations f[r] ...
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Bicycling participation in people with a lower limb amputation: a scoping review
... Bicycling was chosen as a form of transportation in Slovenia besides using cars and public transportations and was related to the level of independence [33]. A study from India investigated the functional capabilities of ...
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The Effect of Limb Amputation on Locomotion in the Cockroach Periplaneta Americana
... Amputation of combinations of two legs at the trochantero-femoral joint, leaving the animal without the support of the amputated legs, had no effect on the timing of movements of contral[r] ...
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<p>Is amputation in the elderly patient with critical limb ischemia acceptable in the long term?</p>
... major limb amputation. Still, a large proportion of critical limb ischemia patients must undergo secondary major limb amputation at some point in the course of their disease because of ...
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Psychiatric symptoms in male traumatic lower limb amputees: associations with neuropathic pain, locomotor capabilities, and perception of body image
... major limb amputation, 50 to 80% of patients experience significant pain categorized into residual limb pain and phantom limb pain ...phantom limb after ...
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Defining the gap: a systematic review of the difference in rates of diabetes-related foot complications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians
... lower limb amputation of any level, cellulitis, Charcot neuroarthropathy, intermittent claudication, ischaemia, necrosis, sensory, autonomic and/or motor neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease, ulceration ...
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Trauma-related amputations among children in Ghana
... Results: A total of 34 children had amputation surgeries during the study period. Our findings showed that 5.9% (n=2) of the subjects were female and 94.1% (n=32) were male. Falls as the leading cause accounted ...
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Major limb amputations: A tertiary hospital experience in northwestern Tanzania
... of amputation was determined by the attending surgeon based on clinical evaluation, radiological investigations ...affected limb, Doppler studies ...study. Amputation was performed by the attending ...
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Section’s osseous slice biopsy during major amputation of lower extremity: preliminary results of prospective cohort study
... the amputation, in the surgical room we performed SOB at the level of major limb amputation from the amputated limb part using Liston bone cutting forceps and removing the bone fragments ...
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Squamous cell carcinoma in chronic osteomyelitis: a case report and review of the literature
... that amputation is the definitive treatment [5, 10, 16, ...lower limb amputation [18, ...lower limb amputation can restore patients’ life habits [19] and riding ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC5247470.pdf
... major limb amputation causes changes in sensory ...residual limb but also the intact limb as well as the ...that limb amputation may result in the detection of hand sensation ...
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Overview of Epidemiological and Etiological Amputation in Kisangani Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
... Background: Amputations and disarticulation of the limbs are becoming a public health problem. Goal: To describe the epidemiological and etiological aspects of limb amputation in Kisangani. Methods: A ...
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Analgesic management of an eight-year-old Springer Spaniel after amputation of a thoracic limb
... Thirdly, limb amputation in humans often causes ‘phantom limb’ pain which usually replicates the pre-amputation pain, particularly where there has been no pain-free interval before surgery or ...
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