Limb Amputation

• Outros Autores: Fujioka, Masaki (Editor)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: IntechOpen 2020
• Assuntos: Vascular surgery; Orthopaedics & fractures
• Acesso em linha: 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...