Functional outcomes and associated factors of individuals with unilateral traumatic lower limb amputation in Sri Lanka: An observational study.

Background: Rehabilitation is important after an amputation surgery. This study was conducted to find the level of functional outcomes of individuals with unilateral traumatic lower limb amputation and the impact of sociodemographic, amputation, and rehabilitation characteristics on functional outcomes.

Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted with 48 participants (aged 20-60 years) who visited the Center for Handicapped from across the country.

Occlusal and Functional Improvement of Patients With Midfacial Hypoplasia Corrected Using Intraoral Tooth-Borne Mid-Maxillary Osteodistractors at Teaching Hospital-Karapitiya, Sri Lanka.

Objective: Mid-maxillary osteodistraction (MMOD) is a novel technique. This study seeks to assess the occlusal and functional improvement of patients with midfacial hypoplasia secondary to cleft lip and palate.

Design: This was done as a retrospective study at the Regional Cleft Centre of the Teaching Hospital-Karapitiya (THK).

Pathological characteristics of fifty patients with renal amyloidosis in Sri Lanka.

Renal involvement is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic amyloidosis. This retrospective analysis was conducted to analyse the clinico-pathological characteristics of renal amyloidosis in a group of Sri Lankan patients undergoing renal biopsy. Renal amyloidosis was observed in 50/ 9712 (0.