Amputation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sensations evoked in patients with amputation from watching an individual whose corresponding intact limb is being touched.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: After amputation of a limb, the majority of patients experience phantom sensations, such as phantom pain. Such patients provide an opportunity for the exploration of the perceptual correlates of recently discovered "mirror neurons," ... Read more...

Heat-shock protein 70 gene polymorphism is associated with the severity of diabetic foot ulcer and the outcome of surgical treatment.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Foot ulcer is a significant cause of morbidity in diabetics. Genetic make-up can determine inflammatory and healing responses. This study examined the hypothesis that specific polymorphisms of the heat-shock protein 70 gene could ... Read more...

VEGF-C regulates lymphangiogenesis and capillary stability by regulation of PDGF-B.

2 Sep 2009 Emerging evidence indicates that the tight communication between vascular endothelial cells and mural cells using platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB is essential for capillary stabilization during the angiogenic process. However, little is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amputation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The mangled extremity. 30 Oct 2009
• Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 33-2009. A 35-year-old woman with fever, abdominal pain, and hypotension after cesarean section. 20 Oct 2009
• Sensations evoked in patients with amputation from watching an individual whose corresponding intact limb is being touched. 29 Sep 2009
• Heat-shock protein 70 gene polymorphism is associated with the severity of diabetic foot ulcer and the outcome of surgical treatment. 29 Sep 2009
• A 65-year-old man with longstanding seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and lower extremity ulceration. 13 Sep 2009
• Bone and soft tissue sarcomas are often curable--but at what cost?: a call to arms (and legs). 13 Sep 2009
• Preliminary results of bilateral arm transplantation. 13 Sep 2009
• VEGF-C regulates lymphangiogenesis and capillary stability by regulation of PDGF-B. 2 Sep 2009
• [National practice guideline for diabetic foot syndrome. Treatment methods to forestall amputation] Sep 2009
• [Popliteal artery aneurysm--a rare condition every physician should know about. Life-long follow up recommended] 30 Aug 2009
• Gangrene of the limb complicating Salmonella typhi septicaemia in a Nigerian child. 30 Aug 2009
• Limb amputations in adults in an Ivorian teaching hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of an electrotactile vestibular substitution system to facilitate balance and gait of an individual with gentamicin-induced bilateral vestibular hypofunction and bilateral transtibial amputation. 30 Aug 2009
• Experience with mass casualties in a subcontinent earthquake. 30 Aug 2009
• Do differences in hospital and surgeon quality explain racial disparities in lower-extremity vascular amputations? 30 Aug 2009
• Congenital tibial dysplasia (congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia): an atypical variation. 30 Aug 2009
• Chronic pain associated with upper-limb loss. 30 Aug 2009
• What's new in orthopaedic rehabilitation. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of temporary shunting on extremity vascular injury: an outcome analysis from the Global War on Terror vascular injury initiative. 30 Aug 2009
• Should embolectomy be performed in late acute lower extremity arterial occlusions? 4 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Amputation'

Definition: The removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body. (Dorland, 28th ed)

Descriptor UI: D000671

Alternative terms: Amputation; Amputations;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.555.080;

Technical Notes: a surg procedure: do not confuse with AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; do not use /util except by MeSH definition