Amputation and prostheses in Khartoum

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 248-251

  Mohamed, I A ^a   Ahmed, A R M ^b   Ahmed, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Mycetoma; Prostheses; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCETOMA; NECROSIS; PAIN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REHABILITATION; RURAL AREA; SCAR FORMATION; SEPSIS; SKIN FLAP; SUDAN; SURGERY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030845831     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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