below knee leg amputation case study?
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/products_category_customer_case_studies.html\n\nHere's a few to get started with, and a form so you can find case studies for particular indulstries.  I've found the hospital case studies pretty interesting.
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This is a great website to research this:\nhttp://allaboutplasticsurgery.com/
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...actually here's a video of a "minimally invasive total knee replacement surgery" at the Brigham.\n\nhttp://www.or-live.com/BrighamandWomens/1193/\nclick on the link..\n\nNot sure if there's anywhere in Chattanooga, but maybe you should check with Vanderbilt or Univ. of Tenn.
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I searched the internet and didn't come up with much. Good luck bro.\n\nIndoor wheelchair soccer looks interesting.\nhttp://www.aaasp.org/leagues/soccer/
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I am sorry to hear about your condition. My brother had Osteomyelitis in his right leg and hip joint. Abscess got formed at several locations in his leg. He had 3-4 surgeries to completely clean the infection. I guess ask your doctor if surgically draining the infection is possible. I am not sure how bad one's condition has to be before amputation is required. Sorry I am not of much help here, I wish you all the best.
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I used to know someone who had her lung removed. We were in the same high impact exercise class and she had great aerobic capacity and always was able to do more than I was. She is still doing well.
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This link is to the big company in that field that merged with the other early robotics for surgery company Computer Motion a few years ago. \nhttp://www.intuitivesurgical.com/index.aspx
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Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems. In Islamic countries, amputation of the hands or feet is sometimes used as a form of punishment for criminals. In some cultures and religions, minor amputations or mutilations are considered a ritual accomplishment\n\nMethod\nThe first step is ligating the supplying artery and vein, to prevent hemorrhage. The muscles are transsected, and finally the bone is sawed through with an oscillating saw. Skin and muscle flaps are then transposed over the stump, occasionally with the insertion of elements to attach a prosthesis. In a disarticulation amputation, the bone is removed at the joint.\n\nAfter-effects\nSome amputees experience the phenomenon of phantom limbs[1]; they feel body parts that are no longer there. These limbs can itch, ache, and feel as if they are moving. Some scientists believe it has to do with a kind of neural map that the brain has of the body, which sends information to the rest of the brain about limbs regardless of their existence. Phantom sensations and phantom pain may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, e.g. after amputation of the breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome).\n\nIn many cases, the phantom limb aids in adaptation to a prosthesis, as it permits the person to experience proprioception of the prosthetic limb.\n\nAnother side-effect can be heterotopic ossification, especially when a bone injury is combined with a head injury. The brain signals the bone to grow instead of scar tissue to form, and nodules and other growth can interfere with prosthetics and sometimes require further operations. This type of injury has been especially common among soldiers wounded by IEDs in the occupation of Iraq.\n\nTypes of amputation include:\n\nleg \namputation of digits \npartial foot amputation (Chopart, Lisfranc) \nankle disarticulation (Syme, Pyrogoff) \nbelow-knee amputation (transtibial) \nknee-bearing amputation (knee disarticulation) \nabove knee amputation (transfemoral) \nVan-ness rotation (Foot being turned around and reattached to allow the ankle joint to be used as a knee.) \nhip disarticulation \nhemipelvectomy \narm \namputation of digits \nmetacarpal amputation \nwrist disarticulation \nforearm amputation (transradial) \nelbow disarticulation \nabove-elbow amputation (transhumeral) \nshoulder disarticulation and forequarter amputation \nteeth \nThe avulsion of some teeth (mainly incisives) is or was practiced by some cultures for ritual purposes (for instance in the Iberomaurusian culture of Neolithic North Africa). \nHemicorporectomy, or amputation at the waist, is the most radical amputation.\n\nGenital modification and mutilation may involve amputating tissue, although not necessarily as a result of injury or disease.\n\nAs a rule, partial amputations are preferred to preserve joint function, but in oncological surgery, disarticulation is favored.
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I recently did a very interesting research project on ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION for Biology 30.\nIt is quite a relevant topic and sure to be an interesting one to talk about. It can't help but grab people's attention. Hey it grabbed yours didn't it?
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try google images... some great pic and anatomical diagrams
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i had one on each foot for years. finally got so bad i could hardly drive. Surgery fixed them both and i'm so glad i did it. couldn't walk much for a few days. couldn't drive for a couple of weeks but it was so worth it. good luck.
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You did not mention if you had an artificial leg or not. \n\nI am a below the knee amputee.  My right leg was amputated about mid calf so I have a long stump which helps me do more.  I have been an amputee for almost 20 years.  I wear an artificial leg.\n\nI enjoy walking my two dogs.  They like to pull me so I have to be careful.  \n\nI used to ride my bike, but my arthritis prevents me from doing it now.  When I could ride my bike it really helped me stay fit.  \n\nIn the summer swimming is great.  I had to learn how to swim again, because I used to go in circles.  It was funny.  I had to develop my shoulder and arm s so I could go straight.  I pretty good at swimming now.  \n\nMany exercises can be modified for an amputee.  I have an old book I use.  I can’t do the exercise exactly as illustrated, but I get some benefits.  These exercises can be done with or without my leg.  \n\nIf you like dancing, some of my amputee friends love to dance.
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You are the first one I ever heard of who wanted to walk on a crutch. I didn't even know there was some glory to that. Maybe you can just buy a crutch and wrap your leg in a bandage without having to have an accident and really earn a crutch.
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have someone pull the big toe of your affected leg!! it works!
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talking therapy is good!!! but i think you have the dreaded death foot syndrome.  your feet may well have to be amputated
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One leg at a time.....