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Limb amputation and limb deficiency: epidemiology and recent trends in the United States.
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The risk of amputations increased with age for all causes and was highest among blacks having dysvascular amputations, particularly among elderly and minority populations, and warrants further investigation.Abstract:
Background.The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive perspective on the epidemiology and time trends in the incidence of limb amputations and limb deficiency in the United States.Methods.Data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project from 1988 through 1996 were used toread more
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Estimating the prevalence of limb loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050.
Kathryn Ziegler-Graham,Ellen J. MacKenzie,Patti L. Ephraim,Thomas G. Travison,Ron Brookmeyer +4 more
TL;DR: The sensitivity of the projections to increasing or decreasing incidence was investigated, and alternative sets of estimates of limb loss related to dysvascular conditions based on assumptions of a 10% or 25% increase or decrease in incidence of amputations for these conditions were developed.
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National trends in lower extremity bypass surgery, endovascular interventions, and major amputations
Philip P. Goodney,Philip P. Goodney,Adam W. Beck,Jan Nagle,H. Gilbert Welch,Robert M. Zwolak +5 more
TL;DR: Endovascular interventions are now performed much more commonly than bypass surgery in the treatment of lower extremity PAD, as more than three additional endov vascular interventions were performed for every one procedure declined in lower extremities bypass surgery.
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Lower extremity amputations — a review of global variability in incidence
Paul Moxey,P. Gogalniceanu,Robert J. Hinchliffe,Ian M. Loftus,K. J. Jones,Matt M. Thompson,Peter J. Holt +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a literature review was performed using the EMBASE and MEDLINE databases from 1989 until 2010 for incidence of lower extremity amputation, showing significant variation with no single standard upon which to benchmark care.
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Quantifying Pattern Recognition—Based Myoelectric Control of Multifunctional Transradial Prostheses
TL;DR: It is suggested that muscles in the residual forearm produce sufficient myoelectric information for real-time wrist control, but not for performing multiple hand grasps.
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Use and satisfaction with prosthetic limb devices and related services.
TL;DR: Efforts should be directed at minimizing the interval from surgery to first prosthesis fitting and at improving communication between patients and prosthetists, to improve the quality of care provided to the growing numbers of persons with limb loss.
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