VIDEO: Cavus Foot Surgery and Recovery in Children * 2024
VIDEO: Cavus Foot Surgery and Recovery in Children * 2024

Categoría Enciclopedia Médica: Cirugía del trauma

Flatfeet is a common condition, also known as flatfoot, in which the arches on the inside of the feet flatten when pressure is put on them.

Flat feet can cause pain and affect walking

Flatfoot is a condition in which the longitudinal arch of the foot is lost. It also involves abduction of the forefoot and valgus deformity of the hind foot. In flexible flatfoot, the arch is present during non–weight bearing but is lost during weight bearing. In rigid flatfoot, the arch is absent in weight-bearing and non–weight-bearing positions.

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Amputation is the loss or removal of a body part such as a toe, foot, or leg.

Leg or foot amputation

Leg or foot amputation is the removal of a leg, foot or toes from the body. These body parts are called extremities. Amputations are done either by surgery.

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Rotationplasty

Rotationplasty or Van Nes rotation

Rotationplasty, commonly known as a Van Nes rotation or Borggreve rotation, is a type of autograft wherein a portion of a limb is removed, while the remaining limb below the involved portion is rotated and reattached.

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Bomb casualty amputations

Bomb casualty amputations

Acts of terrorism tend to erode the sense of security and safety that we normally enjoy. Terrorism challenges the stability we enjoy in a predictable, orderly, and controlled world. Feelings of anger, frustration, helplessness, fear, guilt, distress, and a desire to seek revenge are all common responses.

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Amputation accidents

Amputation accidents

Losing a limb is one of the most traumatic physical injuries that a person can experience. In addition to being a devastating physical injury, amputation injuries can also have a significant impact on a person’s mental health. Depending on the nature of the injury and the body part that was amputated, an injured victim may require multiple surgeries and months of physical rehabilitation, including getting fitted for and learning how to use a prosthetic, and occupational therapy.

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Types bone cancer

Amputation for bone cancer

Bone cancer can be one of several different cancers that develop in the bones. Cancers that begin in the bone are called primary bone cancers. Tumours that begin in organs or other parts of the body can also spread to the bones. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

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Amputated for shark attack MikeCoots

Amputated for shark attack

According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), between 1958 and 2016 there were 2,785 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks around the world, of which 439 were fatal. Between 2001 and 2010, an average of 4.3 people a year died as a result of shark attacks.

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Tree crush amputation

Tree crush amputation

Traumatic amputation is the loss of a body part, usually a finger, toe, arm, or leg, that occurs as the result of a tree crush accident or injury.

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Amputation for electrocute

Amputation for electric shock

Serious, disabling and disfiguring injuries are common and can happen after an electric shock injury. These injuries may include: (1) heart damage; (2) brain damage; (3) burns; (4) nerve damage; and/or (5) miscarriage.

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Amputación de Pirogoff * ART LAB

Pie Humano * Pág.3.6. Amputación de Pirogoff

La amputación de Pirogoff fue descrita originalmente por el cirujano ruso Nicolás Pirogoff en el año 1864 y se refiere a la amputación osteoplástica distal a la articulación del tobillo, la resección del astrágalo y la fusión ósea de la tibia con el calcáneo, sus ventajas son: menor pérdida de la longitud de la extremidad y permitir la carga completa del peso corporal, así como el poder utilizar una prótesis más anatómica.

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Amputación transmetatarsiana en los pies * ART LAB

Pie Humano * Pág.3.2. Amputación transmetatarsiana

La amputación transmetatarsiana (amputación parcial del pie), también llamada ATM, es la cirugía para quitar toda o una parte de su parte delantera del pie. La parte delantera de su pie incluye los huesos metatarsianos, que son cinco huesos largos entre los dedos y el tobillo.

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Tratamiento de la braquimetatarsia mediante elongación ósea con minifijador externo 3 * ART LAB

La Braquimetatarsia * Pág.3. Tratamiento mediante elongación ósea con minifijador externo

Se presentan los resultados de la elongación ósea con minifijador externo, en una serie de 6 pacientes afectados de braquimetatarsia. Los pacientes fueron tratados en el Complejo Científico Ortopédico Internacional “Frank País” durante los años 2003 al 2007 (ambos inclusive).
En 5 pacientes la afección fue bilateral por lo cual se trataron un total de 11 pies.
En todos los casos la anomalía se localizó en el IV metatarsiano. Todos los pacientes pertenecen al sexo femenino y la edad promedio en el momento de la cirugía fue de 13,2 años. El alargamiento promedio logrado fue de 16 mm (12-21). El tiempo promedio de consolidación fue de 2,2 meses por cm de hueso elongado. En tres pies se presentaron complicaciones: retardo de consolidación, infección superficial en el trayecto de los alambres y contractura en flexión a nivel de la articulación metatarsofalángica del dedo correspondiente.

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