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Osteomyoplastic transtibial amputation: technique and tips.char = T;code = 84
Publication: J Orthop Surg Res 2011 ;6:13. :doi: 10.1186/1749-799X-6-13.
Publication Date: 2011
Study Author(s): Taylor, Benjamin C;Poka, Attila;
Institution: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grant Medical Center, 285 East State Street, Suite 500, Columbus, OH 43215, USA.
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Treatment of severe lower extremity trauma, diabetic complications, infections, dysvascular limbs, neoplasia, developmental pathology, or other conditions often involves amputation of the involved extremity. However, techniques of lower extremity amputation have largely remained stagnant over decades. This article reports a reproducible technique for transtibial osteomyoplastic amputation.
PMID: 21385373
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