Limb Amputation

• अन्य लेखक: Fujioka, Masaki (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: IntechOpen 2020
• विषय: Vascular surgery; Orthopaedics & fractures
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Patients often need to have limbs amputated to save them from advanced malignant neoplasms and severe limb infections, or due to the failure to repair severe limb trauma. However, efforts should be made to maintain limbs where possible, and to minimize loss of function if amputation is required. We...