منابع مشابه
The Below-knee Amputation "
rhroughout the United States and Canada an estimated 80 percent of all major elective civilian amputations result from ischemia. All but a relatively few involve the lower extremity. Significant improvements in below-knee prostheses and important advances in surgical and postsurgical management now allow amputation below the knee in a majority of patients. In a consecutive series of 96 unselect...
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Throughout the history of lower-extremity amputation surgery, the relative emphasis placed on various parts of the procedure has undergone many changes as new techniques have become available and as new goals have been appreciated. At present, the amount and direction of available knowledge demand the surgeon's concern with fundamental principles. Since some of these problems must be considered...
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The success of the long posterior flap in obtaining sound healing at below-knee level is widely recognised in patients with ischaemic disease, and since this method was introduced in 1967 by Burgess and Romano, the number of patients with healing below-knee amputations in ischaemic disease has dramatically increased, and with improved methods of level selection this proportion may increase furt...
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Purpose: Dynamic stability reduces in patients with unilateral amputation; so, it is important to recognize changes in balance during walking. This study aimed to investigate the dynamic stability of unilateral below-knee amputation during walking. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study, in which 10 patients with knee amputation and 10 healthy young people participated. The ...
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Between 1999 and 2001, 35 consecutive patients with diabetes (mean age, 59.4 years) were treated prospectively with a modified skew-flap below-knee amputation. The technique, results, and follow-up are described. By a mean follow-up of 3.5 years, 3 patients required below-knee amputation of the opposite extremity, 4 expired, and 28 were ambulating with a below-knee prosthesis. The modification ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1842
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)76491-x