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Half man, half prosthesis: the rehabilitation of people with hemicorporectomy – case series

2021-04-19

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Hemicorporectomy is a procedure where the lumbar spine and spinal cord, pelvic bones and contents, lower extremities and external genitalia are surgically removed. The rehabilitation process, in addition to being prolonged and costly, is challenging. This article reports the rehabilitation process for hemicorporectomy and shows the innovative solutions for mobility for this disability for two cases of paraplegic p...

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Literature Corpus work: 6d8f538c-2ae8-5e5e-b7c4-e31f27ae37e0
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.51636.1

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