title: The autologous stump plasty. Treatment for bony overgrowth in juvenile amputees.
abstract: Autologous stump capping is a procedure designed to prevent bony overgrowth in skeletally immature amputation stumps. All 19 capping procedures in the lower extremities were successful after an average follow-up of 7.3 years. All patients use their prostheses, and no secondary operations have been needed for stump problems. Of the 31 cap-plasties of the humerus, six required re-operation. The overall failure rate of 12% is low compared with the failure rate of re-amputation.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic University Hospital, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernd
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bläsius
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukoschek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lücke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation