نتایج جستجو برای: lower limb
تعداد نتایج: 737604 فیلتر نتایج به سال:
Embolectomy has long been the gold standard for treating limbs acutely threatened by arterial occlusion. Delayed embolectomy has not been investigated adequately due to the belief that accompanying mortality and morbidity render the case futile. Following our previous experience with late arterial repair for leg or knee salvage I we applied the same principle to limbs threatened with prolo...
A total of 1710 primary amputees have been studied over a 25 year period and their survival time has been calculated. These were all consecutive primary lower limb amputees admitted to the Dundee Limb Fitting Centre during the period 1965-1989. Overall, the median survival was 4 yr 9 mth for the below-knee amputee (1019 patients) and 4 yr 3 mth for the above-knee amputee (586 patients). The vas...
The decision to amputate is a difficult one, but in some cases, amputation can greatly improve the patient's quality of life. Jo Gibson discusses the nursing care of patients undergoing amputation, with a view to helping them adjust to their changed circumstances.
A retrospective study of major lower limb amputations carried out in the Orthopaedic Department of the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, during the period 1972-79, revealed that diabetes mellitus was the cause in 43 percent of all lower amputations, followed by tumours and trauma. Post-amputation complications due to wound sepsis and wound breakdown were highest in diabetic patients, because of p...
نمودار تعداد نتایج جستجو در هر سال
با کلیک روی نمودار نتایج را به سال انتشار فیلتر کنید