Amputation through the ages: The oldest major surgical operation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 675-678

  Magee, Reginald ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b 'Alexandra'   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Surgical history

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANESTHESIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031712062     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04843.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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