Turn-up bone flap for lengthening the below-knee amputation stump

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-173

  Pant, R ^a   Younge, D ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANTERIOR TIBIAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE INFECTION; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT SURGERY; FRACTURE HEALING; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG INJURY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BONE LENGTHENING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 0037357123     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B2.13252     Document Type: Article

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