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Salvage of proximal humeral amputations with a remnant forearm flap
R C Mixter1, V K Rao, A De Angelis
1Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wisc.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Spare-part surgery of upper extremity avulsions may facilitate primary soft-tissue healing and prosthetic rehabilitation. This procedure also may be applicable to the management of analogous proximal lower extremity avulsions where a short femoral stump and a shortage of soft tissue exist.