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Amputation

Known as: Amputation, not otherwise specified, Amputations, amputation procedure 
The removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body. (Dorland, 28th ed)
National Institutes of Health

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Above elbow amputation (procedure)Amputation StumpsAmputation above-knee (procedure)Amputation of arm through elbow (procedure)
Amputated structure (morphologic abnormality)Amputation Specimen CodeAmputeesCervicectomy

Broader (1)

Orthopedic Surgical Procedures

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Physiological measurements of walking and running in people with transtibial amputations with 3 different prostheses.
STUDY DESIGN A 3-factor (foot type, speed, and mode of ambulation) repeated-measures experimental design was used. OBJECTIVES… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Limb salvage surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcomas of the forearm and hand.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Rehabilitation outcome 5 years after 100 lower limb amputations
pouchitis. I believe we should be cautious about the specificity of metronidazole for therapy. There are no trials that have… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Microvascular second toe to finger transfer: a statistical analysis of 55 transfers.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Prediction of amputation after severe lower limb trauma.
The Mangled Extremity Severity Score was applied to 152 patients with severely injured lower limbs. All cases with a score of… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Foot salvage and improvement of microvascular blood flow as a result of epidural spinal cord electrical stimulation.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The Natural History of Insulin‐Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Denmark: 1. Long‐term survival with and without late diabetic complications
All 906 patients with insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) diagnosed before the age of 31 years, prior to 1943, and… 
1971
1971
Handicap, appearance and stigma
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Early weight-bearing treatment of open fractures of the tibia. An end-result study of sixty-three cases.
Sixty-three open shaft fractures of the adult tibia were treated with early weight-bearing in a toe-to-groin, straight knee… 
1969
1969
Aglossia congenita with bony fusion of the jaws.
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