Lower Limb Amputation Articles & Analysis
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Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death and disability worldwide and a leading cause of ischaemic heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, stroke and lower limb amputation. The most common forms of diabetes are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. ...
The QUEST study (High-FreQUEncy Nerve Block for PoST-Amputation Pain), is a randomized controlled study of 180 patients at 25 clinical study sites in the U.S. Recruitment for the study was completed in late 2021. Results are blinded until after participants have finished a twelve-month follow-up. ...
CASE PLANNING The bilateral upper extremity fractures, the pre-existing contralateral lower limb amputation with loss of the prosthesis, and the patient's need for immediate weight bearing on her right lower extremity were all considerations in proceeding with pelvic ring fixation using two CurvaFix IM Implants. ...
Every year, surgeons perform a lower-limb amputation due specifically to diabetes on approximately 73,000 patients in the US alone. Annually there are over 1 million limb amputations worldwide. Most of these amputations are performed for the treatment of non-healing diabetic foot ulcers that ...