We set out to evaluate a clinical foot-screening programme in terms of primary outcomes (reductions in the incidence of ulcers and lower limb amputation) and process outcomes (compliance with screening, the number of patients not completing the programme and the use of chiropody services and prescribed footwear and cost). All but 4 of 2001 patients attending a general diabetic out-patient clini...

OBJECTIVE To provide a mechanism-based acute pain management strategy for early phantom limb pain following traumatic amputations and to collect first evidence of its acute and potentially preventative effects on the formation and maintenance of phantom limb pain. The combination of continuous brachial plexus analgesia and prolonged block of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors over 4 weeks ai...

Among finger amputations, fingertip amputations when replanted successfully provide excellent esthetic and functional results with high patient satisfaction [1]. For this reason, we have treated amputations by attempting replantation unless otherwise requested by the patient. Replantation success rates obviously increase when both arterial and venous anastomoses are performed. However, circumst...

There are approximately 400,000 am­ putees in the United States. It has been estimated that approximately 50,000 new amputations are performed each year . 1 3 , 1 5 Most amputees are males in their early six­ ties, approximately 90 percent of the am­ putations involve the lower limb, and approximately two-thirds of lower limb amputations are necessitated by diabe­ tes mellitus and/or peripheral...

For more than two decades, individuals with lower limb amputations have been successfully fitted with gel liners constructed from a variety of materials. Prosthetists have also reported moderate success with gel liners fit to individuals with upper limb amputations who use externally powered prostheses. At the Center for Bionic Medicine, we have explored a novel approach to collecting myoelectr...