Lower-extremity amputation is one of the oldest known surgically performed procedures. The original surgical principles as described by Hippocrates remain true today. Refinements of surgical technique such as hemostasis, anesthesia, and improved perioperative conditions have occurred, but only relatively small technical improvements have been made. Amputation is still often viewed as...

The thumb plays an important role in hand function. Daily tasks involving pinch, grip, grasp, and precision handling are more easily accomplished with an opposable thumb. Traumatic loss, congenital absence, or hypoplasia diminishes or eliminates the thumb's prehensile abilities and may affect overall hand function.
Attempts to restore thumb function were...

Excision, or amputation, of a toe refers to the surgical removal of a toe or a portion of a toe (e.g., distal phalanx). Fusion (arthrodesis) of a toe refers to the permanent fusing and immobilization of a joint or joints in a toe. Repair of a toe refers to the...

Conservative Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Complicated by Osteomyelitis from Wounds 2002 NG Yadlapalli, MD, Anand Vaishnav, MD, and Peter Sheehan, MD Abstract Osteomyelitis of the diabetic foot remains a difficult clinical infection, often resulting in disability and amputation. Standard management consists of thorough removal of all infected bone in conjunction with antimicrobial...

Patients with infected, painful, or necrotic lower extremities can be restored to a better functional level by means of a properly selected and performed amputation. This procedure should be considered reconstructive and restorative. In what follows, I address amputations across the toe, the forefoot, the leg, and the thigh.

Infected ischemic diabetic foot: one more attempt to improve microcirculation V.T.Krivikhin, R.M.Parhimovich, D.V.Krivikhin, O.S.Troitskaja District hospital, Vidnoje, Moscow Region and Moscow Regional Res.Clinical Institute Surgical revascularization is often impossible in ischemic diabetic foot (DF) because of dis-tal form of occlusions and comorbidity. The medication to improve microcirculation often does not work. Besides, restricted...

A narrow strip of hardened skin, a constricting ring, forms on the little toe at the level of the digitoplantar fold and progresses to spontaneous amputation of the digit. Familial occurrence has been noted by Maass (1926) and by DaSilva Lima (1880). Simon (1921) reported ainhum in father and 2...

Foot Ankle Int. 1994 Nov;15(11):634-7.Links An adult with juvenile hyaline fibromatosis of the foot.Hallock GG. Division of Plastic Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania. An unusual consideration in the differential diagnosis of benign, solid tumors of the foot is juvenile hyaline fibromatosis, which only superficially resembles the better known myofibromatosis. The onset...

A prosthesis is a device designed to replace, as much as possible, the function or appearance of a missing limb or body part. An orthosis, in contrast, is a device designed to support, supplement, or augment the function of an existing limb or body part.
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