In 2015 AOPA awarded a grant to Michael Dillon, PhD of La Trobe University for his project “Evaluating outcomes of dysvascular partial foot and transtibial amputation: a systematic review for the development of shared decision making resources”. The project has now been completed and the research team accomplished the following:
- registered the systematic review protocol with PROSPERO
- published six articles in peer reviewed journals including: o a systematic review protocol (available as open access)
- two systematic reviews (both available as open access),
- an expert clinical view point describing the development of the decision aid and discussion guide
- two translational pieces challenging long held views about the association between amputation level and mortality rates, as well as increasing amputation prevalence
- written the first decision aid and discussion guide to help support decisions about dysvascular amputation
- translated this work through seven keynote/invited addresses
- published translational pieces for online magazines such as O&P Almanac and Amplified –
Publications below:
- “Outcomes of dysvascular partial foot amputation and how these compare to transtibial amputation: a systematic review for the development of shared decision-making resources”. (Biomed Central)
- “While Mortality Rates Differ After Dysvascular Partial Foot and Transtibial Amputation, Should They Influence the Choice of Amputation Level?” (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2017)
- “A systematic review describing incidence rate and prevalence of dysvascular partial foot amputation; how both have changed over time and compare to transtibial amputation” (Systematic Reviews, 2017)
- Development of shared decision-making resources to help inform difficult healthcare decisions: An example focused on dysvascular partial foot and transtibial amputations (Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 2018)
- Uncertainty with long-term predictions of lower limb amputation prevalence and what this means for prosthetic and orthotic research.
Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Epub ahead of print. - Describing the outcomes of dysvascular partial foot amputation and how these compare to transtibial amputation: a systematic review protocol for the development of shared decision making resources. Systematic Review
- Describing the outcomes of dysvascular partial foot amputation and how these compare to transtibial amputation: a systematic review protocol for the development of shared decision making resources. PROSPERO 2015