Defining orthoplastic limb salvage centers: a systematic review
Omar Moussa, Fernando J Pacheco, Floris V Raasveld, Marcos R Gonzalez, Kamilcan Oflazoglu, Marco J P F Ritt, Ian L Valerio, Hinne Rakhorst, Krystle R Tuaño, Kyle R Eberlin · 2026
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Description
Omar Moussa and co-authors review what makes a limb salvage center, in a paper published in 2026. Such centers try to save badly injured or diseased limbs instead of amputating. They have multiplied, but no shared definition says what a center must have. The team compared two models: orthoplastic centers, built on bone and plastic surgery, and vascular centers.
Searching four databases through 2024, they scored 118 studies on twenty-six features across six domains of care. Orthoplastic and vascular centers made up over three quarters of the studies. Orthoplastic reports more often covered plastic surgery consult rules, surgical outcomes, and network links, reflecting fast reconstruction work. The authors propose a quality framework so new orthoplastic centers can be built and judged on the same terms.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Omar Moussa, Fernando J Pacheco, Floris V Raasveld, Marcos R Gonzalez, Kamilcan Oflazoglu, Marco J P F Ritt, Ian L Valerio, Hinne Rakhorst, Krystle R Tuaño, Kyle R Eberlin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |