Carden amputation

Carden amputation
a single flap transfemoral amputation done just above the knee.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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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

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