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2009 JUL 20 ... According to a study from Vancouver, Canada, "Diabetic patients with transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) for chronic forefoot ulceration or necrosis are at high risk for postoperative ...
2009 MAR 16 ... in Lund, Sweden report.
"All vascular LLAs (at or proximal to the transmetatarsal level) performed from 1997 through 2006 were consecutively registered and classified ... "The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of vascular lower-limb amputation (LLA) in the diabetic and nondiabetic general population. A population-based cohort ...
2009 OCT 13 ... following coronary artery bypass grafting using bilateral internal mammary arteries, transmetatarsal amputation, and abdominal hysterectomy. All wounds healed well. These results and currently ...
2008 APR 8 ... and midfoot generally leads to amputation. So-called limited surgical procedures such as transmetatarsal or Chopart/Syme amputations often result in poor clinical outcomes."
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2008 DEC 15 ... ulceration-group had significantly more physical limitations and pain than the toe-or-transmetatarsal-amputation-group, whereas physical limitations were identical between the ...
2007 MAR 19 ... anastomotic rupture of a synthetic graft. The latter patient finally underwent a transmetatarsal amputation. The use of IIA for arterial reconstruction after IFAP excision in drug abusers is safe ...
2008 NOV 3 ... indicated and possible, resulted in 4 (12.9%) major (below-the-knee) amputations and 3 transmetatarsal amputations. Of the 7 amputations, 3 were associated with ischemia, 4 with neuropathy, ... septic foot is a challenge in diabetic patients, and this condition often progresses to amputation in an effort to alleviate otherwise incurable infection. We designed and followed a ...
2007 APR 10 ... which required above-knee amputation. In two cases (4.4%), we had to perform a transmetatarsal amputation. In one patient, after healing of the inguinal prosthetic infection of an aortobifemoral ...
2008 OCT 7 ... Surgery (New and recurrent ulcerations after percutaneous achilles tendon lengthening in transmetatarsal amputation. Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, 2008;47(3):225-229).
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2008 MAY 26 ... for both groups over the 4 years. the number of below-the-knee, above-the-knee, and transmetatarsal amputations for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 were, 42, 50, 62, and 41, ... the same period. Patients who had a femoral to distal bypass were more likely to have an amputation than those undergoing angioplasty (odds ratio = 4.2, 95% confidence interval 1.6-11.5) ...
2008 APR 14 ... tissue loss, and nonhealing wounds of the foot after limited foot surgery (toe or transmetatarsal amputation) on whom additional arterial revascularization had been exhausted."
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2007 APR 30 ... which required above-knee amputation. In two cases (4.4%), we had to perform a transmetatarsal amputation. In one patient, after healing of the inguinal prosthetic infection of an aortobifemoral ...
2007 JUN 11 ... which required above-knee amputation. In two cases (4.4%), we had to perform a transmetatarsal amputation. In one patient, after healing of the inguinal prosthetic infection of an aortobifemoral ...
2007 MAR 19 ... researchers concluded: "In diabetic patients, metatarsal excision may be better than transmetatarsal amputation."
Freeman and colleagues published their study in European Journal of ...
2008 JUN 16 ... with stenting in one and bypass grafting in one. Preoperative ankle-brachial index and transmetatarsal pulse volume recording were 0.51 +/- 0.16 and 3.3 +/- 0.8, respectively, which at ... in three, vein bypass grafting in five, and observation alone in one. Major limb amputation was required in five patients. Primary patency rates per treated limb at 3, 6, and 12 ...
2007 JUL 9 ... recorded, along with amputations of digits (fingers or toes) and more proximal (ray, transmetatarsal, or below-knee) amputations. Resource utilization including length of stay, total costs, ... Research findings, "Reduction of the incidence of amputation in frostbite injury with thrombolytic therapy," are discussed in a new report. ...
