Immediate Postoperative Prostheses in Vascular Amputations

I. Amputations and Limb Prostheses

I. Amputations and Limb Prostheses

Amputations and Prostheses in Primitive Cultures

The study of man's medical history is difficult, since it is accomplished by correlating rare written records, archaeological findings, and ethnological information. T o accurately deduce diagnoses and treatment from art is also difficult. The work of art being examined may be an abstraction or stylization. We can make accurate deductions only from those art works that clearly demonstrate that ...

Amputations in peripheral vascular disease.

Until the cause of organic occlusive vascular diseases is definitely estab­ lished, and prophylactic measures taken to prevent them; until lipid metabolism can be controlled to pre­ vent atherosclerotic plaques from ad­ hering to the intima of arteries; until thrombosis and embolism can be pre­ vented and it will be routine to excise arterial segments and replace them with homografts or plastic...

Postoperative management of transtibial amputations in VA hospitals.

Rigid plaster dressings and immediate postoperative prostheses (IPOP) in patients undergoing transtibial amputations have been reported to reduce pain and healing time, prevent knee flexion contractures, and expedite early ambulation compared to soft dressings. Yet, despite the reported benefits, surgical adoption of (conventional) rigid dressings and IPOP has been inconsistent. The purpose of ...