All patients undergoing amputation at the Royal Victoria Hospital from August, 1969 to July, 1975 have been included. The 286 amputations were performed by the casualty, general, orthopaedic and vascular surgeons. They were divided into minor and major; minor amputations being the loss of one or more digits and major amputations those at a more proximal level. The causes were classified as civi...

Multidimensional Inventory Check List of Symptoms (SCL-90-r) is based on self-evaluation and it has been used for determination of level of: somatisation, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobias, paranoia and psychosis at persons which are exposed to long term emotional and physical stress. Our goal was to determine relations of physical...

Themost significant consequences of diabetic foot problems are ulcerations and amputations. ▶ Between 0.8 and 10% of all people with diabetes mellitus suffer from a foot ulcer. ▶ The annual rate of new diabetic foot cases is between 2.2 and 5.9 %. ▶ Germany is in the upper range of European countries with its rate of over 60000 amputations per year. Approximately 70% of all amputations are perf...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the epidemiological characteristics of amputations caused by trauma in Chinese civilians and provide a reference for clinical work. Methods: A retrospective study of all major extremity amputations in Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University sustained by Chinese civilians from January 2009 to December 2013 was conducted. Data from the medi...

TO THE EDITOR: There is generally a high level of awareness about the burden of disease associated with diabetes and its complications in Indigenous Australians. While high rates of renal failure, retinopathy and cardiovascular disease in Indigenous people are frequently emphasised, diabetes-related foot complications receive relatively little attention. As part of the Western Australian Depart...

The gait characteristics of persons with unilateral transtibial amputations are fairly well documented in the literature. However, much less is known about the gait of persons with bilateral transtibial amputations. This study used quantitative gait analysis to investigate the gait characteristics of 19 persons with bilateral transtibial amputations. To reduce variability between subjects, we f...

in order to examine the effect of the quantity of nitrogen fertilizer and bush density on vegetative and productive function of henna medicinal plant (lawsonia inermis)  factorial experimentation in the form of block plan was carried in three stages in agriculture research center in south of kerman  province in corp of 2012. the first factor containing nitrogen fertilizer in 4 levels including ...

This survey analyses the levels of all major lower limb amputations in Denmark performed in 1980. During that year a total of 2,404 amputations were carried out on 2,177 patients.

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus-related lower extremity amputation is a major complication severely affecting patient survival and quality of life. OBJECTIVES To analyze epidemiological and clinical trends in the incidence and survival of lower extremity amputations among diabetes patients. METHODS We conducted a retrospective observational cohort study of 565 consecutive diabetes patients who...