In-hospital costs of diabetic foot infection at a national referral hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia by Fitrianingsih, Rani Sauriasari, Em Yunir, Agusdini Banun Saptaningsih

“…The average LOS was 19.79 ± 10.77 days per DFI episode, which did not differ significantly between the amputation and non-amputation groups (p > 0.176) but not for total costs (p < 0.003). …”
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Surgical treatment of paraphimosis in dogs: 4 cases by Nuriza Zamirbekova, Kurtulus Parlak, Iremsu Satici, Hilmican Ergin, Sena Yazici, Ebrar Merve Eris, Melek Yildiz, Fahrettin Alkan

“…According to diagnoses and findings, patients underwent preputial advancement, partial penile amputation, phallopexy, and total penile amputation.…”
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Chronic limb-threatening ischemia under the age of 50 – a single-center 12-year retrospective study by Inês Gueifão, Anita Quintas, Rita Soares Ferreira, Fábio Pais, Tiago Ribeiro, Joana Cardoso, Helena Fidalgo, Maria Emília Ferreira

“…The primary endpoint was a composite outcome of mortality, amputation and/or reintervention. The secondary endpoints were reintervention, amputation and mortality rates, and amputation-free survival (AFS). …”
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Human-Prosthetic Interaction (HumanIT): A study protocol for a clinical trial evaluating brain neuroplasticity and functional performance after lower limb loss. by Elke Lathouwers, Bruno Tassignon, Alexandre Maricot, Ahmed Radwan, Maarten Naeyaert, Hubert Raeymaekers, Peter Van Schuerbeek, Stefan Sunaert, Johan De Mey, Kevin De Pauw, Kevin De Pauw

“…<h4>Background</h4>Lower limb amputation contributes to structural and functional brain alterations, adversely affecting gait, balance, and overall quality of life. …”
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Rehabilitative Treatment as an Alternative in Amputee Patients. Case Report and Literature Review by Ismaray Sacerio González, Elohilda de la Caridad Cruz Jiménez, Silvia Georgina de la Torre Castellanos

“…The amputation or separation of a part of the body, of a lower or upper limb, is a surgical procedure that entails important anatomical, functional, psychological and social consequences. …”
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Morphological analysis of regenerated antennae in the isopod Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Crustacea), with emphasis on the main sensory structures by Primož Zidar, Primož Mihelič

“…The second antennae, an important sensory organ of terrestrial isopods, are often attacked and amputated by predators or members of the same species. …”
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Safety and efficacy of chocolate balloon in the treatment of infrapopliteal artery disease by Ridong Wu, Qingqi Yang, Mian Wang, Zilun Li, Chen Yao, Guangqi Chang

“…The primary endpoint was amputation-free survival (AFS). Secondary endpoints included major amputation, the absence of clinically driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR), the incidence of flow-limiting dissection, below-the-knee (BTK) stent implantation, change in Rutherford clinical grade, procedural success, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). …”
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Proprioception in Above-the-Knee Amputees with Artificial Limbs by E. P. Latanioti, A. G. Angoules, E. C. Boutsikari

“…To evaluate the lower limb proprioceptive sensation in patients with femoral amputation who received an artificial joint. Materials and Methods. 22 patients (18 men, 4 women), 24–65 years old (mean: 42), who had undergone above-the-knee joint amputation and underwent evaluation of proprioception using joint reposition in a predetermined angle of 15° knee flexion. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcer by Yue Cao, Xiaokun Gang, Chenglin Sun, Guixia Wang

“…Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs), compared with MSCs derived from other tissues, may be a suitable cell type that can provide easy, effective, and cost-efficient transplantation to treat DFU and protect patients from amputation.…”
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Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene: Report of Three Cases by Héctor Acosta, Pau Forcada, Marta Bonjorn, Amer Mustafa, Paul Pilares, Jordi Colomina

“…A review on the topic is presented based on a 3-case series of SPG that required amputation of fingers and toes after the administration of vasopressors in a septic shock context.…”
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Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis: An Analysis of the National Readmissions Database by Justin D. Sawyer, MD, Justin Davis, MD, Steven Scaife, MS, Michael W. Neumeister, MD, Timothy H.F. Daugherty, MD

“…Ninety-day readmission rates and amputation rates were higher in the nonsurgical group. …”
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Digit Tip Injuries: Current Treatment and Future Regenerative Paradigms by Travis J. Miller, Peter L. Deptula, Gregory M. Buncke, Zeshaan N. Maan

“…Here, we review the current understanding of digit tip regeneration and discuss gaps that remain in translating regenerative medicine into clinical treatment of digit amputation.…”
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Electromyographic Pattern Analysis and Classification for a Robotic Prosthetic Arm by M. José H. Erazo Macias, S. Alejandro Vega

“…This paper deals with the statistical analysis and pattern classification of electromyographic signals from the biceps of a person with amputation below the humerus. Such signals collected from an amputation simulator are synergistically generated to produce discrete elbow movements. …”
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Delayed diagnosis of popliteal artery injury after traumatic knee dislocation in Korea: a case report by Chung-Eun Lee, In-Seok Jang, Sang-Yoon Song, Jung-Woo Lim, Kun-Tae Kim

“…The popliteal artery injury by blunt trauma has a high risk of limb amputation because the initial symptoms can show normal vascular circulation without urgent ischemia or obvious vascular injury signs. …”
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Endovascular versus Surgical Lower Extremity Revascularization among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Qingzheng Chen, Jialin Han, Gomathy Parvathinathan, Elsie Ross, Margaret R. Stedman, Tara I. Chang

“…We employed proportional hazard regression to study the primary outcome of major adverse limb events (MALE), defined as a repeat revascularization or amputation. We also studied each of these events separately and death from any cause. …”
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Spatial associations between measures of public transportation and diabetic foot ulcer outcomes in the state of Georgia: 2016–2019 by Mohammed K Ali, Lance Waller, Rohan D'Souza, Howard H Chang, Lauren T Vanasse, Marcos C Schechter

“…Reducing disparities in DFU-related amputations requires interventions to mitigate transportation barriers to care.…”
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Nε-Carboxymethyl-Lysine Negatively Regulates Foam Cell Migration via the Vav1/Rac1 Pathway by Zhengyang Bao, Lili Zhang, Lihua Li, Jinchuan Yan, Qiwen Pang, Zhen Sun, Yue Geng, Lele Jing, Chen Shao, Zhongqun Wang

“…In this study, we used anterior tibiofibular vascular samples from diabetic foot amputation patients and accident amputation patients, and histological and cytological tests were performed using a diabetic ApoE-/- mouse model and primary peritoneal macrophages, respectively. …”
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A novel approach of using transtibial transport (TTT) to manage thromboembolic events following surgical management of necrotizing soft tissue infection: a case report by Johnson Boey, Jordon Lee, ZheGang Zhou

“…As with the standard management, the first step involves aggressive surgical debridement of non-viable tissue which eventually lead to below-knee amputation for effective source control. Lower limb endovascular angioplasty was attempted but unsuccessful. …”
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Innovative Method of Traction in a Bilateral Diaphyseal Femur Fracture in a Polytrauma Below-Knee Amputee by Stefan Mitrasinovic, Georgios Kiziridis, Shauni Wellekens, Charline Roslee, Syed Neshat Anjum

“…Special considerations need to be given in the management of patients with leg amputations. We report the case of a 24-year-old gentleman with bilateral diaphyseal femoral shaft fractures and a previous right below-knee amputation, who was transferred to our centre following a road traffic collision. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and DFU-related osteomyelitis amongst industrial workers wearing occupational safety footwear by Sunetra Mondal, Moushumi Lodh, Sambit Sahoo, Kaushik Paul, Debasis Biswas, Chaitanya Krishna, Ashok Parida, Arunangshu Ganguly, Riddhi DasGupta

“…Increasing age, history of past amputation, CRP and reduced frequency of changing the OF were significant positive risk factors for osteomyelitis. …”
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