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A comparison of functional outcome between amputation and extension prosthesis in the treatment of congenital absence of the fibula with severe limb deformity

PURPOSE Complete fibula absence often presents with significant lower-limb deformity. Parental counselling regarding management is paramount in achieving the optimum functional outcome. Amputation offers a single surgical event with minimal complications. This study compares outcomes with an amputation protocol to those using an extension prosthesis. METHOD Thirty-two patients were identified...

Mechanical prosthetic valve disease is related with an increase in depression and anxiety disorder.

AIM Patients with organic disease can present with psychiatric symptoms. We hypothesized that since patients with prosthetic heart valve require frequent hospital followup and are at higher risk for complications, the incidence of depression and anxiety is higher in these patients. METHODS This cross-sectional study prospectively studied 98 consecutive patients with mechanical prosthetic hear...

Prosthetic management 56 years after rotationplasty due to proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD).

Proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD) is a rare congenital anomaly of the femur. Rotationplasty has been described as a reconstructive procedure in the management of PFFD. A 68-year-old woman with PFFD of the right leg and rotationplasty at the age of 12 years had prosthetic fitting problems after a fall. The authors describe the analysis of the prosthetic fitting problems and the considerat...

A global perspective on mechanical prosthetic heart valve thrombosis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Prosthetic valve thrombosis is one of the major causes of primary valve failure, which can be life-threatening. Multimodality imaging is necessary for determination of leaflet immobilization, cause of underlying pathology (thrombus versus pannus or both), and whether thrombolytic therapy attempt in the patient would be successful or surgery is needed. Current guidelines for the management of pr...

Successful management of Propionibacterium acnes prosthetic valve endocarditis with abscess formation without surgery