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The team has now moved onto a trial with transhumeral amputees (amputation above the elbow), with the hope that median nerve transfer in transradial amputation could potentially provide thumb control. [1] With all previous patients being upper limb amputees, the team also hopes to move on to lower limb amputees eventually. [1]
Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, ... [31] [32] The scriptural authority for the double amputation procedure is in the Quran ...
Upper-extremity prostheses are used at varying levels of amputation: forequarter, shoulder disarticulation, transhumeral prosthesis, elbow disarticulation, transradial prosthesis, wrist disarticulation, full hand, partial hand, finger, partial finger. A transradial prosthesis is an artificial limb that replaces an arm missing below the elbow.
In the Soviet Union, the first arm replantation after a traumatic transhumeral amputation was performed by Nicolai L. Volodos and his colleagues on 19 January 1977 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The case was described in the central press, and became the catalyst for microsurgery as a surgical specialty in Soviet medicine. Soon after that, new ...
The surgical procedure is typically done in two stages, but it is possible to conduct the surgery in one stage. The first stage is the discontinuation of the waste functions by performing a colostomy and ileal conduit in the upper abdominal quadrants. The second stage is the amputation at the lumbar spine. [5] [6]
Throughout his life, he has undergone 16 leg surgeries — including a total knee replacement in 2021 — before his above-the-knee amputation procedure on June 22.
In January 1977, Volodos became the first surgeon in the Soviet Union to perform replantation of the arm after its traumatic transhumeral amputation. The case was described in the central press and became the catalyst for the beginning of microsurgery as a surgical specialty in Soviet medicine. Soon after that, new specialised microsurgical ...
There are a number of different types of amputations that describe the location of the amputation. A transhumeral amputation is an above the elbow amputation. It is sometimes referred to as AE. A transradial amputation is a below the elbow amputation. A transfemoral amputation is an above the knee amputation, and is sometimes referred to as AK.