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Transmetatarsal Amputation Results in Higher Frequency of Revision Surgery and Higher Ambulation Rates Than Below-Knee Amputation

BACKGROUND: Selecting the level of amputation for patients with severe foot pathology can be challenging. The surgeon is sometimes confronted with an option between transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) and below-knee amputation (BKA). Recent studies have suggested that minor foot amputations have high r...

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Autores principales: Ordaz, Angel, Trimm, Conner, Pedowitz, Jason, Foran, Ian M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/24730114221112938