MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Limb Salvage or Early Amputation

American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsOrthopaedics2019Official publication

ASEM documentary overview

Official American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons document (2019) on “Limb Salvage or Early Amputation”. This clinical practice guideline addresses the decision factors important to the selection of amputation or limb salvage of adult patients with severe lower extremity trauma distal to the femur.

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