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ArticleStrategies in trauma and limb reconstruction

Proximal Diaphyseal Tibial Fracture Stabilisation with a Humeral Nail Before Below-knee Amputation: A Case Report.

Rimel N Mwamba, Tony Da Lomba, Mary K Erdman

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Article in Strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rimel N MwambaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Tony Da LombaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Mary K ErdmanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

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Abstract

Case report: A 76-year-old female sustained catastrophic bilateral lower extremity trauma following a pedestrian-vs-auto collision, resulting in a traumatic right lower extremity amputation and a vascularly compromised left proximal tibial shaft fracture. The patient's left lower extremity was successfully treated with a proximal humerus nail to stabilise the fracture, immediately followed by a below-knee amputation (BKA) in the same setting. Conclusion: This case highlights a novel application of an upper extremity implant to preserve limb length in the setting of bilateral lower extremity amputations due to polytrauma.

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Case reportHumeral nailLimb amputationOrthopaedic traumaTibial fracture

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PMID42840503
PMCPMC13639837

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