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

• 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 …   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

• Lord Uxbridge's leg — Lord Uxbridge with both of his legs Lord Uxbridge s leg was shattered by a cannon shot at the Battle of Waterloo and removed by a surgeon.[1][2] The amputated limb went on to lead a somewhat macab …   Wikipedia