Calcanectomy, an alternative amputation? Two case reports

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-81

  Geertzen, Jan H B ^a   Jutte, Paul ^a   Rompen, Christiaan ^a   Salvans, Merse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcanectomy; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCANECTOMY; CALCANEUS; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING AID; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AMPUTATION; BONE NEOPLASMS; CALCANEUS; CHONDROSARCOMA; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; WALKING;

EID: 61349122200     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640802419163     Document Type: Article

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