Limb-sparing techniques, also known as limb-saving or limb-salvage surgery, are performed in order to preserve the appearance and function of limbs. Limb-sparing...

problem with limb-sparing techniques can salvage the limb. Compartment syndrome is an occasional complication that may also occur in acute limb ischaemia...

lengthen or to reshape the damaged bones of an arm or a leg; used as a limb-sparing technique for treating complex fractures and open bone fractures; and used...

child amputees in the history. Methods in preventing amputation, limb-sparing techniques, depend on the problems that might cause amputations to be necessary...

internal hemipelvectomy is a limb-sparing procedure where the innominate bone is resected while preserving the ipsilateral limb. An external hemipelvectomy...

and Dr. Ziv Peled published one of the first techniques combining nerve preservation with nipple-sparing mastectomy and implant-based reconstruction....

performed as a last resort to remove a cancer, but decreasingly so as limb-sparing operations improve. The rhomboid muscles, trapezius, levator scapulae...

individuals with NF-1. Treatment includes limb amputation or correction by Ilizarov method as a limb-sparing technique. Malformation of the facial bones or...

pulmonary embolism. Embolectomies are performed as limb-sparing techniques for arterial embolisms in acute limb ischemia. However, there are also other options...

such as limb amputation, or limb sparing surgery (often in combination with chemotherapy and radiation therapy). Limb sparing surgery, or limb salvage...

as limb amputation, nerve resections, or radical prostatectomy. Consequently, surgical techniques to reduce accidental nerve injury (nerve sparing techniques)...

syndrome is a category of conditions in which a person experiences their limbs acting seemingly on their own, without conscious control over the actions...

been good candidates, however innovations in laparoscopy and nerve-sparing techniques made nearly all nerves in the body good candidates, as surgical access...

hands-on techniques, and compression garments that keep the fluid at bay and assist the sluggish lymphatic flow. The use of surgical techniques is not universal...

selected by the appropriate energy. Unlike photon beams there is no surface sparing effect, so electron therapy is used when the target extends to the patient's...

but most dogs still die within a year. Surgical techniques designed to save the leg (limb-sparing procedures) do not improve the prognosis. Some current...

Stomach Intestinal Pylorus-Sparing (SIPS) surgery is a type of weight-loss surgery. It was developed in 2013 by two U.S. surgeons, Daniel Cottam from...

specifically evaluated by a qualified cardiologist. New valve-sparing surgical techniques are becoming more common. As people with Marfan syndrome live...

S2CID 36777185. Novick, Uzzo (2001). "Nephron Sparing Surgery for Renal Tumors: Indications, Techniques and Outcomes". Urology. 166 (1): 6–18. doi:10...

electrical activity and an external device, most commonly a computer or robotic limb. BCIs are often directed at researching, mapping, assisting, augmenting,...

hyperthermia heats a larger part of the body, such as an entire organ or limb. Usually, the goal is to weaken cancer cells so that they are more likely...

Vasopressin stimulates sodium chloride reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of the nephron by activating signaling pathways. Vasopressin increases the...

medications may cause nocturnal leg cramps: Diuretics, especially potassium-sparing Intravenous (IV) iron sucrose Conjugated estrogens Teriparatide Naproxen...

opposing limb, a process called support limb laminitis. Support limb laminitis is most common in horses suffering from severe injury to one limb, such as...

vowing to spare Earth only if their memories show that humanity is worth sparing. As of 2025[update], the character has appeared in one project: the film...

evidence supporting these techniques. In OAS for infra-renal aneurysms, the abdominal aorta is anastomosed preferentially to the main limb of a tube or bifurcated...

subscapularis muscle is the fatty infiltration of the superior portions, while sparing the inferior portions. Since the long biceps tendon absents itself from...

Incomplete injury by definition includes a phenomenon known as sacral sparing: some degree of sensation is preserved in the sacral dermatomes, even though...

severe pain, fever, and vomiting. The most commonly affected areas are the limbs and perineum. Bacterial infection is by far the most common cause of necrotizing...

for the cancer, sometimes in concert with radiation or chemotherapy. Limb-sparing surgery is the standard of care for treating all sarcomas, and is used...