A Rare Indication for Amputation

Journal Title: Indian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 3

Abstract

A forty-two years old housewife came to the outpatient department. She met with a very bad road traffic accident in childhood resulting in a crush injury of left lower limb and a degloving injury on the right lower limb. She had undergone transtibial amputation on the left and skin grafting on the right lower limbs. The scar has been transformed into a large keloid. Now she is ambulant with patellar tendon bearing prosthesis on the left side and a rocky hard, heavy, insensate right lower limb with a grotesque appearance. She requests amputation and prosthetic fitting on the right side.

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Dr. V. K. Sreekala

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Dr. V. K. Sreekala (2016). A Rare Indication for Amputation. Indian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 0(3), 90-92. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-232599