A study of stump growth in children with below-knee amputations
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume. 61-B(4):464 -5, 1979 Nov. Christie J. Lamb DW. McDonald JM. Britten S. The growth of the stump has been studied in eighteen children with below -knee amputations. Measurements were available shortly after operation and later at skeletal maturity. It was found that all patients achieved less than expected growth and that the reduction was greater in those patients who had had amputation for congenital deformity.
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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