Management of bilateral hand amputations in low-resources setting: The Krukenberg procedure is still indicated;Prise en charge des amputations bilatérales des mains en situation précaire: L'intervention de Krukenberg reste d'actualité

Medecine et Sante Tropicales

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-280

  Mathieu, L ^a   Gaillard, C ^b   Mottier, F ^a   Bertani, A ^a   Rongieras F ^a   Chauvin, F ^a  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b Military Teaching Hospital Sainte Anne   (France)

Author keywords

Amputation; Developing countries; Hand; Krukenberg; Lowresource

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; HAND; HUMAN; KRUKENBERG; LOW-RESOURCE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY;

AMPUTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HAND; KRUKENBERG; LOW-RESOURCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HAND; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 84886674536     PISSN: 22613684     EISSN: 22612211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/mst.2013.0242     Document Type: Article

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