Gritti-stokes (through-knee) amputation: Should it be reintroduced?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 997-1001

  Faber, David C ^a   Fielding, L Peter ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

The Gritti Stokes (GS) amputation is an underused alternative to some patients currently having an above knee amputation (AKA); The primary healing rate after a GS amputation is greater than after AKA in appropriately selected patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035491558     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194100-00012     Document Type: Article

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