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An assessment of above- and through-knee amputations

✍ Scribed by P. W. B. Green; B. S. Hawkins; W. T. Irvine; C. W. Jamieson

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1972
Tongue
English
Weight
312 KB
Volume
59
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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Abstract

Above- and through-knee amputations have been performed in 126 patients at St. Mary's Hospital between 1961 and 1970

Whilst there was a higher operative mortality amongst the above-knee amputees, the local complication rate was much higher in the through-knee group. The mortality rate in the two groups following discharge from hospital was high. The through-knee amputation provides a better functional result than the above-knee type but mobility in both groups might be improved by β€˜refresher courses’ in walking training.

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