Reconstruction of bony defects of the middle or distal tibia after bone tumor resection using pedicled vascularized fibula is a useful limb salvage procedure.
We questioned whether en bloc resection and reconstruction with alcohol inactivated autograft-prosthesis composite would provide (1) local control and long-term survival and (2) useful limb function in patients who had grade III GCT around the knee.
With a lack of articulation, wheels would not be as useful as limbs in these roles.
Windshields, rather than headlamps, make do for eyes, radiator grilles for mouths, and — far more awkwardly — wheels become rubbery stumps of limb, useful for nudging open garage doors but not much else.
A full-length standing radiograph of the legs, with the pelvis levelled (through using an appropriately sized block on the shorter side) and the patellae facing forwards, is most useful for assessing limb lengths and mechanical axis deviation.
The accuracy of our model in reproducing real ankle motions supports the hypothesis that our new muscle model generates correct muscle forces over a useful range of limb motions.
Our institutions have used a useful technique to aid application of the fixator by suspending the limb several centimeters above the operating table.
The PUL Scale appears to be a useful tool for upper limb motor disease assessment in DMD ambulant and non-ambulant patients, that may be used in clinical trials and in clinical settings.
Negative pressure wound therapy is a useful supplement of lower limb infections.
Disparities in dimensions are observed in both cases of deficiency of useful function of upper limb and cases in which functional efficiency appears.
