Limb salvage and amputation for vascular disease

limb salvage treatment vs. amputation in sarcoma

many years ago the treatment of sarcoma was radiotherapy up to 2000-4000 rad. this treatment was very complicated, due to producing neoplasm after radiotherapy. by this method of treatment of osteosarcoma, the rate of survival became about 20% (two years). the second method of treatment was chemotherapy for a period of 2-5 weeks that amputation was performed afterwards. by chemotherapy, the rat...

Lower limb trauma: limb salvage or an early amputation?

Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in the first four decades of life all over the world (1). This causes serious social and economic costs (1, 2). The ultimate goal of the trauma care is to return the patient to an independent and productive life as soon as possible. Trauma surgeon’s role is critical in establishing a better quality of care, because he or she are responsible fo...

The Military Extremity Trauma Amputation/Limb Salvage (METALS) study: outcomes of amputation versus limb salvage following major lower-extremity trauma.

BACKGROUND The study was performed to examine the hypothesis that functional outcomes following major lower-extremity trauma sustained in the military would be similar between patients treated with amputation and those who underwent limb salvage. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of 324 service members deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq who sustained a lower-limb injury requiring eith...

Lower Limb Amputation in Patients with Vascular Disease

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