Biomedical subjects

B Greitemann

Publications and source records attributed to B Greitemann.

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[Walking ability in bilateral leg amputees following prosthetic rehabilitation].

Between January 1989 and March 1993 117 patients were treated after acquired bilateral amputation of the lower extremities at the "Klinik und Poliklinik für Technische Orthopädie und Rehabilitation der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster", Germany. Information from patients files and telephone interviews were collected to assess the degree of use of prostheses. All patients with levels of amputation not higher than above-knee on one side and hind-foot on the other side used their prostheses for daily walking. None of the patients with bilateral knee-disarticulation or higher levels of amputation used prosthetic devices for regular walking. In patients with amputation levels between these extremes the result of rehabilitation with prostheses is determined mainly by the cause of the amputation.

Adolescent↗

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[Long-term results of Judet's cementless total endoprosthesis of the hip joint].

AIM: Control of the long term results of the Judet-TEP. METHODS: From 1980-1985 124 Pat. have been operated. The follow up was done in the same collective of 83 patients after 2-6 years and > 6 years. RESULTS: The intraoperative complications have been fractures of the femur (19.3%) and the trochanter major (3.6%) and luxation (1.9%). In the follow up time the clinical results declined. The patients complained increasing pain in the thigh (26.5%) and the groin (13.2%). Radiological loosening of the acetabulum occurred especially in the medio-caudal area (61.5%) and in the proximal femur (32.5%). Cranial movement of the cup (31.3%) and varus deviation in the femur (40.9%) predominated. 28 prostheses were revised. After 11 years the cumulative success rate was 55.1%. CONCLUSIONS: The long term results are disappointing.

Adult↗

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[Intra- and postoperative blood loss].

The first results of the DGOT-study "wound-heeling" are presented. In a population of nearly 3700 patients data of intra- and postoperative blood-loss, transfusion-volumes and postoperative drainage were examined. There were remarkable high rates of blood-loss, followed by high rates of infusion-, transfusion- and drainage-volumes. The drainage-volumes were in general half as high as the blood-loss. In joint operations there were even higher drainage-volumes. Operations with the highest blood-loss were operations of the back and total hip arthroplasties. The problems resulting for the patients as well as recommendations for reducing transfusion rates are discussed.

Amputation, Surgical↗