The stump and the prosthesis

Day, H.J.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 62(2): 91-94

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8843
PMID: 7377694
Document Number: 164194
In performing amputations the surgeon must bear in mind the biomechanical and other constraints of the prosthesis likely to be fitted and, so far as possible, should fashion the stump accordingly. The various types of prosthesis and their features are discussed in relation to amputations of the lower and upper limbs at all levels.

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