نتایج جستجو برای: extremity amputation
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Objective. To determine effectiveness of receipt of care from podiatrist and lower extremity clinician specialists (LEC specialists) on diabetes mellitus (DM)-related lower extremity amputation. Data Sources. Medicare 5 percent sample claims, 1991–2007. Study Design. Individuals with DM-related lower extremity complications (LECs) were followed 6 years. Visits with podiatrists, LEC specialists,...
1. background amputation and pain may have considerable impact on health-related quality of life. 2. objectives the purpose of this study was to assess the impact of pain on health-related quality of life in a population of war related bilateral lower limb amputees. 3. materials and methods the veterans and martyrs affairs foundation (vmaf) database documented 578 patients with bilateral lower ...
OBJECTIVES Patients with non-traumatic lower extremity amputation are characterised by high age, multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and long-term complications of atherosclerosis and diabetes. To ensure early identification of patients at risk of amputation, we need to gain knowledge about the progression of diseases related to lower extremity amputations during the years preceding the amputation...
Mortality rates after lower extremity amputation are extremely high among dialysis patients. However, the impact of milder degrees of renal insufficiency on death rates after lower extremity amputation has not been carefully examined. In this study, the authors used data from the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) to measure the association bet...
OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of lower-extremity complications of diabetes in veterans who are users of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Hospital discharge records for care provided in all VA hospitals in 1998 were obtained. All hospitalizations for lower-extremity ulceration, peripheral vascular procedures, and amputation were analyzed using frequ...
BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a leading cause of major lower extremity amputation. OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of gender, level of amputation and diabetes mellitus status on being fit with a prosthetic limb following lower extremity amputation for peripheral arterial disease. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of the Scottish Physiotherapy Amputee Research Group dataset. RESULTS...
OBJECTIVE Lower extremity amputation is an increasing problem among diabetic patients and an important public health problem. The study purpose was to identify factors associated with lower extremity amputation. METHODS A matched case-control study was carried out among diabetic patients. Cases were selected in public health programs of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. One hundred and seventeen...
Forequarter (interscapulothoracic) amputation is a major ablative surgical procedure that was originally described to manage traumatic injuries of the upper extremity. Currently, it is most commonly used in the treatment of malignant tumours of the arm. With the advent of limb-sparing techniques, primary forequarter amputation is performed less frequently, but remains a powerful surgical option...
AIMS To describe trends in the incidence of non-traumatic amputations among people with and without diabetes and estimate the relative risk of an individual with diabetes undergoing a lower extremity amputation compared to an individual without diabetes in the Republic of Ireland. METHODS All adults who underwent a nontraumatic amputation during 2005 to 2009 were identified using HIPE (Hospit...
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