title: Functional results after a Krukenberg amputation.
abstract: This case report presents a 51 year old female patient who had a train accident in 1999. She suffered bilateral trans-tibial and bilateral trans-radial amputations. In this paper, the evolution of the right transradial amputation where eventually a Krukenberg procedure was performed, is described as is its good functional outcome after rehabilitation treatment. After this first procedure the patient also asked for the Krukenberg procedure for her left arm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schiappacasse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heredia
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Martina
authors.forename: J H B
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Geertzen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001284:Atrophy; D005260:Female; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007866:Leg; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation