Functional results after a Krukenberg amputation.

Freire, J; Schiappacasse, C; Heredia, A; Martina, J D; Geertzen, J H B · Prosthet Orthot Int · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

This case report presents a 51 year old female patient who had a train accident in 1999. She suffered bilateral trans-tibial and bilateral trans-radial amputations. In this paper, the evolution of the right transradial amputation where eventually a Krukenberg procedure was performed, is described as is its good functional outcome after rehabilitation treatment. After this first procedure the patient also asked for the Krukenberg procedure for her left arm.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy