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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1953;35:681-684.
© 1953 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

PARTIAL REFLECTION OF THE PECTORALIS MAJOR

An Operation to Increase the Relative Length of Short Above-the-Elbow Stumps

Robert Mazet Jr. M.D.1

1 Orthopaedic Service, Wadsworth Hospital, Veterans Administration Center, and the Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California

The simple operative procedure to increase the relative length of the stump in short above-the-elbow amputations involves no risk to the patient. It has permitted the fitting of the more functional above-the-elbow prosthetic device, rather than the less desirable shoulder-disarticulation mechanism, in three arms by an increase in the efficienty of the humeral lever and the amount of stump tissue which can be included within the socket.


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