The autologous stump plasty. Treatment for bony overgrowth in juvenile amputees.
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.
Bernd
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Orthopaedic University Hospital, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Bläsius
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K
Lukoschek
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M
Lücke
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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