Poutoglidou Freideriki, Khan Rahul, Krkovic Matija
Major Trauma Unit, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, GBR.
Medical School, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, GBR.
Cureus. 2022 Sep 16;14(9):e29222. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29222. eCollection 2022 Sep.
Several studies have investigated the anatomical adaptations in amputation stumps. In this study, we present a case report of a patient who underwent an above-the-knee amputation and, over the course of time, the length of the residual bone spontaneously shortened. The patient had undergone a total hip replacement in the same leg, and the cement mantle of the hip replacement, which could be seen within the medullary canal in the early postoperative X-rays, protruded due to bone resorption one year after the amputation Although changes in bone microarchitecture in amputation stumps are well established, this is the first report of macroscopic changes in its actual length.
