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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1960;42:499-509.
© 1960 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Fractures in Amputees

Rudolf A. Pyka M.D.1 and Paul R. Lipscomb M.D.1

1 Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester

Fractures in the amputated extremities of fourteen amputees have been reported. Three of the patients had sustained amputations of the upper extremities; eleven, of the lower extremities. Healing of fractures in amputees does not differ materially from healing in persons who have not had amputations, with one possible exception: fractures of the upper part of the femur sustained by patients with above-the-knee stumps seemed to unite faster and better as a result of the shortened leverage of the distal fragment.


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