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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1944;26:639-644.
© 1944 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

AMPUTATIONS: SURGERY AND PLASTIC REPAIR

T. Campbell Thompson 1 and Rufus H. Alldredge 1

1 Amputation Section, Surgical Service, Walter Reed General Hospital Washington, D. C.

1. Under war conditions, the guillotine or open amputation, followed by continuous skin traction and plastic repair at a later date, is the most satisfactory way of treating cases requiring amputation.

2. Attempts to hasten healing of an amputation stump by skin-grafting should definitely be avoided, as the resulting stump is unfit for the use of a prosthesis and is much more difficult to revise than is one which has been allowed to heal under continuous traction.


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