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Limb Deficiencies

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Children with limb deficiencies are different from adult amputees and management requires a holistic approach to the child, taking measure of his or her abilities, functional deficits, social circumstances, and access to ongoing surgical treatment and prosthetic care. Future growth and development must be considered to estimate the projected limb length inequality, predict function, plan the timing of surgery, and choose the correct prosthesis.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Los Angeles Unit, 3160 Geneva St, Los Angeles, CA, 90020, USA

    Anna V. Cuomo MD & Hugh G. Watts MD

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  1. Anna V. Cuomo MD
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Correspondence to Anna V. Cuomo MD .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Cuomo, A.V., Watts, H.G. (2014). Limb Deficiencies. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_36

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