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Some amputations of the lower extremity.
Hindquarter Amputations Description of the Operation (First Stage) Position on the Table. The patient is placed lying on his sound side with a sandbag in the small of the-back and another under the thigh on the sound side. The upper arm is fixed on an arm rest, while the lower is held on a board. The surgeon stands behind the patient. There should be three assistants. The leg to be amputated is...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.34.397.578