- Carden amputation
- a single flap transfemoral amputation done just above the knee.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Carden amputation
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Carden amputation — Car·den amputation (kahrґdən) [Henry Douglas Carden, English surgeon, died 1872] 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
Carden — Henry D., British surgeon, †1872. See C. amputation … Medical dictionary
transcondylar — Across or through the condyles; denoting the line of bone incision in Carden amputation. * * * trans·con·dy·lar kän də lər adj passing through a pair of condyles <a transcondylar fracture of the humerus> … Medical dictionary
