Lower limb landmine injuries
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Bilateral lower limb amputations as a result of landmine injuries.
Landmine explosions cause most of the war injuries in the battlefield. Amputations resulting from severe injuries reveal serious problems despite the improvements in surgery. Bilateral lower limb amputations have more impact than unilateral on social life. Some 29 cases with lower limb amputations due to landmine injuries were treated in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Gülhane ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prosthetics & Orthotics International
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0309-3646
DOI: 10.3109/03093640409167923