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limb tourniquets were used, but the tourniquet on the primary leg was inadvertently left inflated when the contralateral leg was being operated on, with catastrophic consequence. The child later underwent limb amputation for the severe ischaemic injury
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PTTF retrospectively included – mean follow up of 5.3 years, with an implant, limb and prosthesis survival of 90%, 100% and 80%, respectively – four failures occurred (two infections, two mechanical failures) –> one amputation for infected prosthesis
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high-grade STS is surgery, complemented by radiotherapy (RTX) and in selected cases chemotherapy (CTX). Surgery Over the last 30 years, amputation has progressively become less important and has been mostly replaced by limb-sparing procedures in
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