num_pages: 480
description: Experts in the field of orthopaedic surgery, physical therapy, child psychology, and prosthetics and orthotics discuss the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of genetic and traumatic limb deficiencies in children. Topics covered in the book classification and treatment of congenital femoral deficiency, including Syme's amputation, rotationplasty, and limb lengthening; classification and treatment of fibular deficiency, tibial deficiency, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of acquired amputations; prosthetic management; management of upper extremity deficiencies and of multiple amputations; and outcomes measures.
language: English
title: The Child With a Limb Deficiency
titlecomplete: The Child With a Limb Deficiency
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Amer Academy of Orthopaedic