Ewing amputation
nounEtymology
Ewing+amputation. Named after the first patient treated with this type of amputation, Jim Ewing.
Definitions
A type of below-the-knee amputation, which reconstructs agonist-antagonist myoneural…
A type of below-the-knee amputation, which reconstructs agonist-antagonist myoneural interfaces that are left hanging unpaired in traditional amputations; to preserve normal nerve signaling between muscle and brain; reducing incidences of phantom limb syndrome.
similar amputations above the knee, and on the arms.
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