Improvement in activities and participation in an adolescent following secondary foot amputation

Background: When severe limb trauma occurs in a child, all efforts are made to preserve the limb as far as possible. In rare cases, however, secondary amputation may be necessary to improve functional outcome and participation. Case report: In this paper, we report on a young adolescent male with a...

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Main Authors: Marion Prigent, Sylvain Brochard, Matthias Thepaut, Thierry Cornic, M.T. Cariou, Catherine Le Rouzic, Philippe Le Moine, Christelle Pons, Laetitia Houx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620301780