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Periprosthetic osseointegration fractures are infrequent and management is familiar

AIMS: Osseointegrated prosthetic limbs allow better mobility than socket-mounted prosthetics for lower limb amputees. Fractures, however, can occur in the residual limb, but they have rarely been reported. Approximately 2% to 3% of amputees with socket-mounted prostheses may fracture within five yea...

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Autores principales: Hoellwarth, Jason S., Tetsworth, Kevin, Kendrew, John, Kang, Norbert Venantius, van Waes, Oscar, Al-Maawi, Qutaiba, Roberts, Claudia, Al Muderis, Munjed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7002843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32009427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.102B2.BJJ-2019-0697.R2