Chronic diseases such as diabetes and vascular disease are a major public health problem in Lebanon, where primary care is not well developed. This study aimed to describe the incidence and indications for limb amputation in Lebanon and identify associated factors (age, sex, level of surgery, length of hospital stay). There were 1.6 amputations per 10 000 persons. The rate of amputation was hig...

BACKGROUND Amputation and pain may have considerable impact on health-related quality of life. 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. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Veterans and Martyrs Affairs Foundation (VMAF) database documented 578 patients with bilateral lower limb ...

EDITOR'S N O T E : This report, reprinted by permission of the editor and authors from Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae Fenniae, Vol. 54, Supplement 138, 1965, is from the Kaskisaari Rehabilitation Centre and the Institute for Occupa­ tional Health in Helsinki, Finland. Because of its length, it will be published in two parts. Col. Barbara R. Friz of the Committee on Prosthetic and Orthotic ...

The length of the lower limb prosthesis was compared with the length of the contralateral lower extremity in 113 Finnish war-disabled amputees by a radiological weight bearing method developed by the author. Considering a shortening of 10 mm for above-knee prostheses and of 5 mm for below-knee prostheses as tolerance limits, the length of the prosthesis was acceptable only in 17 cases (15% of t...

background limb loss occurs due to different causes and has been increased in many countries. it has without exception, great economic, psychological and social impacts. objectives this study assesses the demographics of amputees in one city of iran. patients and methods this retrospective study was undertaken on all of the amputees between april 2002 and december 2011. patients’ demographics i...

in this report we describe our encounter of a case of hand trauma referred to our center presenting with incomplete left thumb amputation at metacarpal level with extensor pollicis longus (epl) and flexor pollicis longus (fpl) tendon avulsion from the tenomuscular junction. after metacarpal bone fixation the ulnar digital artery was anastomosed and the digital nerves were coapted. transfer of e...

Landmine explosions cause most of the war injuries in the battlefield. Amputations resulting from severe injuries reveal serious problems despite the improvements in surgery. Bilateral lower limb amputations have more impact than unilateral on social life. Some 29 cases with lower limb amputations due to landmine injuries were treated in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Gülhane ...

surgery have been incorporated in the book. There are 110 admirable woodcuts illustrative of surgical appliances and proceedings, and access to the information contained in the work is rendered easy by means of a full table of contents, italic titles of sections, capital page headings, and a most excellent index. The work commences with a good description of the general treatment of thu wounded...

A group of 158 service members who sustained major limb amputations during the global war on terrorism were surveyed on their satisfaction with the quality of care received from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) Amputee Clinic from the time of their injury to their inpatient discharge. Of these participants, 96% were male, 77% were Caucasian, 89% were enlisted personnel, and 68% had s...