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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Sensate composite calcaneal flap in leg amputation: a full terminal weight-bearing surface-experience in eight adult patients.

Despite modern reconstruction techniques and replantation, the preservation of a severely traumatised limb, or even a limb affected by a congenital malformation, usually gives poorer functional results compared with amputation and prosthetisation. The aim of this study was to describe a hind foot (including the calcaneum and fat pad) sensate flap with a surface that allows full terminal weight bearing in transtibial amputations in adults.  Livani B, Castro G, Filho JR, Morgatho TR, Mongon ML, Belangero WD, Davitt M, Carvalho JA. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. 2011 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21789589

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