SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...

After an amputation, some patients may feel pain in their residual limbs. Post-amputation pain, categorized as phantom pain or stump pain, can be a challenging condition to treat. Phantom pain is ...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality in humans (World Health Organization, 2002). Clinicians and researchers have identified several risk factors of CVD to screen out the ...

THE possibility of preventing the formation of a so-called amputation neuroma on the distal end of the proximal part of a cut peripheral nerve is one that has to be commonly faced by general and ...