embolectomy has long been the gold standard for treating limbs acutely threatened by arterial occlusion. delayed embolectomy has not been investigated adequately due to the belief that accompanying mortality and morbidity render the case futile. following our previous experience with late arterial repair for leg or knee salvage i we applied the same principle to limbs threatened with prolonged ...

Measuring the minute volume of blood flow through an extremity at rest, or in response to a physiological stimulus, offers a useful means of evaluating the status of its vascular bed. Hewlett and Van Zwaluwenburg (1) used for this purpose a plethysmograph based upon the principle demonstrated by Brodie (2) wherein sudden occlusion of the veins draining the limb produces an increase in limb size...

Through patient education, biological research, and technological advances, the rate of many cancers in the United States of America is declining. However, the incidence of melanoma is rising steadily, as are the efforts and resources allocated to its treatment. Isolated limb perfusion, ILP, is a standard of care for treating recurrent malignant melanoma confined to a limb. Although an extracor...

Measuring the minute volume of blood flow through an extremity at rest, or in response to a physiological stimulus, offers a useful means of evaluating the status of its vascular bed. Hewlett and Van Zwaluwenburg (1) used for this purpose a plethysmograph based upon the principle demonstrated by Brodie (2) wherein sudden occlusion of the veins draining the limb produces an increase in limb size...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to examine the pattern of injuries sustained and the hospital workload generated by patients who deliberately jump from height. METHOD One regional trauma centre's admissions were scrutinized to find all patients who jumped, or were suspected of jumping from one storey or greater over a four year period. Patients who died prior to admission were excluded. RE...