- Callander amputation
- a tenoplastic knee disarticulation with long anterior and posterior flaps, the patella being removed to leave a fossa for the end of the divided femur.
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Callander amputation
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Callander amputation — Cal·lan·der amputation (kalґən dər) [C. Latimer Callander, American surgeon, 1892–1947] see under amputation … Medical dictionary
Amputation — Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. For example, removal of part of a finger or an entire finger would be termed an amputation. Removal of an appendix, on the other hand, would not be termed amputation. A person who has… … Medical dictionary
Callander — Latimer, San Francisco surgeon, 1892–1947. See C. amputation … Medical dictionary
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