Ischaemia of Lower Limb as Cause of Motor Accidents

Sudden illness as a cause of motor-vehicle accidents.

Volkmann's ischaemia in the lower limb.

Although the ischaemic contracture that Volkmann described immediately suggests the familiar deformity of the forearm and hand, the first case he reported, in 1872, was of a contracture in the leg. The purpose of this paper is to review the features of fifteen cases of ischaemia in the leg following injuries or operations (the anterior tibial syndrome is excluded) that have come under the care ...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis as a rare cause of lower limb claudication.

The study presented a case of a 58-year-old male patient treated for retroperitoneal fibrosis, right hydronephrosis, and right common iliac artery stenosis and saccular aneurysm of the above-mentioned vessel. The patient was qualified for endovascular treatment. Stentgraft implantation was performed with good long-term patency during more than 3 years of follow-up. Complete relief of intermitte...

Cause of death of lower limb amputees.

A study was carried out on the cause of death of 100 lower limb amputees who had been admitted to the Dundee Limb Fitting Centre, Tayside, Scotland for prosthetic management or wheelchair training. A comprehensive database has been established in the Centre for 25 years and the database is updated regularly. The date of death was collected and recorded. One hundred sequential deaths were invest...

The non-selective use of profundaplasty in lower limb ischaemia.

Introduction The ability of the profunda femoris artery and its branches to maintain a viable and, in certain circumstances, normally functioning lower limb in the presence of an occluded superficial femoral artery has long been recognized. Leeds and Gilfillan (1961) and Morris et al. (1961) both described the successful treatment of groups of patients with combined aorto-iliac and femoropoplit...