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Bone Shortening After Amputation: A Report of Two Cases

We report two cases of shortening of the bone at the stump after amputation. Case 1 was a 57-year-old male with a traumatic transhumeral amputation. The remaining humerus had shortened by 3.5 cm in eight months. Case 2 was a 27-year-old male with a traumatic transtibial amputation. The remaining tib...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Yohei, Ueno, Takaaki, Miura, Toshiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10373108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37519481
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41024