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Year : 2018 | Volume
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Transverse terminal upper limb deficiency through the arm: The problem and management
Alok Chandra Agrawal, Harshal Sakale, Sandeep Kumar
Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Alok Chandra Agrawal Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur - 492 099, Chhattisgarh India
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DOI: 10.4103/jotr.jotr_39_18
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Transverse terminal deficiencies of the arm differ from transhumerus amputations. Whereas transverse limb deficiency is due to congenital causes transhumerus amputation are usually acquired. The paper deals with a congenital transverse limb deficiency at the mid-arm level which presented to us with pain in the amputation stump with a projection of bone through the skin.
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