BACKGROUND The objective of this retrospective study was to determine the incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in casualties of wartime extremity wounds and specifically in casualties with a trauma-associated amputation. METHODS Records of all combat-wounded evacuated and admitted between March 1, 2003, and December 31, 2007, were retrospectively reviewed. Continuous and categorical variables...

Introduction. There is a lack in the worldwide literature of reports on the Neuromarkers of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in patients after bilateral hand amputation The aim of this study was to test a hypothesis regarding developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a patient after bilateral hand amputation with the use of Event Related Potentials (ERPs). On the basis of ...

BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers are common among patients with spinal cord injury and can be very challenging to treat. The treatment involves multidisciplinary approach and ranges from simple pressure relieve and wound dressings to a more radical treatment like proximal lower limb amputations, especially in chronic cases with potential detrimental effects to physical and mental health. AIM To rep...

BACKGROUND Lower limb amputation is correlated with considerable impairments in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in veterans. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in veterans with bilateral lower limb amputation and to identify its association with HRQOL. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 235 Iranian male veterans with bilat...

INTRODUCTION Lower limb amputation (LLA) is life-changing surgery. Shorter residual limbs are known to place greater physiological strain on patients than longer residual limbs; however, there is ongoing debate as to whether through-knee amputations are preferable to above-knee amputations. This analysis aims to resolve this question by systematically collecting and pooling published and unpubl...

We obtained information from the database of the Chiltern Diabetes Centre, which records the details of around 2000 diabetic patients attending hospital clinics in South Buckinghamshire. Patients’ details are recorded on the computer system at each clinic visit. For our audit, we extracted details from the database by setting up structured queries in the Microsoft Access program. Raw data consi...

Anthropometric and biochemical research was conducted on 94 subjects with various levels of lower limb amputation. The purpose of the work was to investigate the features of obesity progression and disorders of cholesterin metabolism, as well as to develop adequate training exercises. Anthropometric research was conducted by calipermetry; the biochemical research was done by various methods to ...

Background: Large number of individuals live with various disabilities in India. Amputation is a major disability which causes irreversible changes and drastically alters everyday functioning. Quality Life (QOL) persons lower limb amputations has been found to be affected. This study aimed assess the QOL using SF-36 via telephone. Methods: was an observational study. Individuals who were enroll...