Knee immobilizer is probably right.
Posted By: pc on 2007-11-27
In Reply to: Pt had proximal femoral resection and hamstring - wannabe ortho MT
Subject: Knee immobilizer is probably right.
It is so that the knee cannot move until it has healed enough.
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knee immobilizer
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Subject: It's the knee nm
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Subject: How about below-knee disease ? nm
nm
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