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Lengthening of a below knee amputation stump with Ilizarov technique in a patient with a mangled leg

A below knee amputation (BKA) requires sufficient stump length for the fitting of a modern prosthesis. In cases of trauma where the levels of injury are unpredictable, achieving sufficient stump length can be a challenge. We described a case report of using the Ilizarov technique for bone lengthenin...

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Autores principales: Toon, Dong Hao, Khan, Suheal Ali, Wong, Kevin Ho Yin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6921174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31506231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjtee.2019.07.001