Health-related quality of life in patients with transtibial amputation and reconstruction with bone bridging of the distal tibia and fibula

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 907-912

  Pinzur, Michael S ^a,b   Pinto, Marco A Guedes S ^a   Saltzman, Matthew ^a,c   Batista, Fabio ^a   Gottschalk, Frank ^a,d   Juknelis, Dainius ^a,e  

^a Loyola University Medical Center ^*

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone Bridge; Outcomes; Transtibial Amputation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE BRIDGING PROCEDURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FIBULA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETICS EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33750547768     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602701107     Document Type: Article

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