Boxcar heel: an unusual etiology of hindfoot amputation requiring microvascular reconstruction.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
A series of three subtotal plantar amputations arising from pedestrian versus railroad car trauma are presented. Microvascular muscle transplants allowed limb salvage. All patients are presently ambulating without assistance.
Medical subject headings
- Amputation, Traumatic
- Heel
- Muscles
- Railroads
- Skin Transplantation
Anatomy
- foot