Assertion: transmetatarsal amputation | /r/HasProperty | tma
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text: Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) is a relatively common operation that is performed to safeguard limb viability.  
text: Transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) is a relatively common operation that is performed to safeguard limb viability.  
text: When surgeons perform the transmetatarsal amputation (TMA) correctly and in combination with adjunctive procedures when necessary, the TMA is a valuable surgery in the limb salvage effort, and preferred over a below- or above-knee amputation when functionally and physiologically reasonable with authors reporting success rates of over 90 percent.4