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Author: G. Lewis

by Douglas G. Smith, MD, Amputee Coalition Medical Director Transtibial amputations, also known as "below-knee" or "BK" amputations, are among the most frequently performed major limb amputations. Statistically, about half of all major lower-limb amputations are transtibial, and, in the past several decades, this amputation level...

05 September, 2012 /

by Douglas G. Smith, MD, Amputee Coalition Medical Director [tabs style="default" title="Transfemoral (aboveknee) amputation"] [tab title="Part 1"]   This is Part 1 of a three-part look at the transfemoral (aboveknee, or AK) amputation level, one of the more frequently performed amputation procedures. This article examines the prevalence...

05 September, 2012 /