Traumatic amputations

Management of traumatic amputations of the upper limb.

Traumatic partial foot amputations in adults. A long-term review.

A retrospective study of 260 industrial amputees was undertaken to determine the long-term functional results of partial foot amputations following trauma. Follow-up ranged from 1 to 68 years with a mean of 16 years. Of 113 partial foot amputees (118 amputations) who had retained their original amputation, the functional end-results were 43% good, 38% fair and 19% poor. Lisfranc and Chopart amp...

Crossover replantation after bilateral traumatic lower limb amputations: a case report

INTRODUCTION Replantation of a limb to the contralateral stump after bilateral traumatic amputations is rare. To the best of our knowledge, there are only a few reports of crossover lower limb replantation in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We treated a 37-year-old Chinese woman with bilateral lower limb crush injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Her lower limb injuries were at differe...

Affective distress and amputation-related pain among older men with long-term, traumatic limb amputations.

Psychological distress and postamputation pain were investigated in a sample of 582 males with long-term limb amputations (mean time since amputation 639.3 months, standard deviation 166.1; range 240-784 months). Prevalence of significant depressive symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]-D score > or = 8) was 32.0%, and 34.0% of respondents met the screening criterion for clinic...

Prosthetics / Amputations

The technique of hydrogen clearance has been used in five canines to monitor blood flow in gastrocnemius muscle following sympathectomy. The contralateral nonsympathectomized limb was used as a control . Average blood flow was based on 22 pairs of desaturation data . Average blood flow in the left control limb was 6.08 ± 2 .22 ml/min/100g tissue and the right sympathectomized limb was 9.54 ± 3 ...