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[Is there a renaissance of the Sauerbruch kineplasty?].
Zentralbl Chir
January 1989
Klinik für Orthopädie, Bereichs Medizin der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.
Kineplasty had been inaugurated by Sauerbruch in 1916. It has provided for direct coupling of stump muscles to the prosthetic joint and has yielded good functional results in numerous cases. The authors permanently look for three patients who had received kineplasty for injuries in the second world war which necessitated amputations on their upper extremities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKrukenberg's kineplasty and rehabilitation in a blind, bilateral full-hand amputee.
Clin Orthop Relat Res
September 1982
In blind persons, perception from the remaining sensory mechanisms is of utmost importance in maintaining contact with their surrounds. Absence of visual input in bilateral hand amputees would render the use of prosthetic devices unsuccessful. Krukenberg's kineplasty, which transforms the forearm stump into a forceps and provides retention of tactile, pain, temperature, and proprioceptive inputs, can increase the patient's functional abilities substantially.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Kineplasty in rehabilitation of invalids after upper extremity amputations].
Ortop Travmatol Protez
November 1978
[New kineplasty, the link in an extensive rehabilitation for severe burns].
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May 1966
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