Removable rigid dressings: A retrospective case-note audit to determine the validity of post-amputation application

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Taylor, Leigh ^a   Cavenett, Sally ^a   Stepien, Jacqueline ^a   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Rehabilitation; Trans tibial; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION CARE; REMOVABLE RIGID DRESSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDITY; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BANDAGES; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 46749104104     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640802016795     Document Type: Article

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