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    Knee disarticulation is an amputation that removes the knee joint and allows for direct transfer of body weight from the end of the femur to the prosthesis. It accounts for 0.7-2% of amputations and is performed for conditions like peripheral vascular disease, trauma, severe renal failure, congestive heart failure, or in children to allow femoral growth. Potential benefits include simple surgery, no muscular imbalance, direct load transfer, and retention of the femoral lever arm, while disadvantages are less cosmetic appeal and need for special prosthetic components to accommodate longer limb length.

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    Knee disarticulation is an amputation that removes the knee joint and allows for direct transfer of body weight from the end of the femur to the prosthesis. It accounts for 0.7-2% of amputations and is performed for conditions like peripheral vascular disease, trauma, severe renal failure, congestive heart failure, or in children to allow femoral growth. Potential benefits include simple surgery, no muscular imbalance, direct load transfer, and retention of the femoral lever arm, while disadvantages are less cosmetic appeal and need for special prosthetic components to accommodate longer limb length.

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    Knee disarticulation is an amputation that removes the knee joint and allows for direct transfer of body weight from the end of the femur to the prosthesis. It accounts for 0.7-2% of amputations and is performed for conditions like peripheral vascular disease, trauma, severe renal failure, congestive heart failure, or in children to allow femoral growth. Potential benefits include simple surgery, no muscular imbalance, direct load transfer, and retention of the femoral lever arm, while disadvantages are less cosmetic appeal and need for special prosthetic components to accommodate longer limb length.

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    Knee disarticulation is an amputation that removes the knee joint and allows for direct transfer of body weight from the end of the femur to the prosthesis. It accounts for 0.7-2% of amputations and is performed for conditions like peripheral vascular disease, trauma, severe renal failure, congestive heart failure, or in children to allow femoral growth. Potential benefits include simple surgery, no muscular imbalance, direct load transfer, and retention of the femoral lever arm, while disadvantages are less cosmetic appeal and need for special prosthetic components to accommodate longer limb length.

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    Knee Disarticulation

    Knee Disarticulation
    0.7% to 2% of the total amputee population allows the direct transfer of body weight from the end of the residual femur to the prosthesis restores useful proprioception (in children) preservation of distal femoral growth potential and the elimination of appositional bony overgrowth

    When is it done?
    Peripheral vascular disease Severe renal failure or CHF Trauma Pedia

    Potential Benefits
    Simple, non-traumatic No muscular imbalance Direct load transfer Retention of a long, powerful, musclestabilized femoral lever arm Prosthesis Blood loss Resistance to infection

    Disadvantages
    Less cosmetically appealing Longer limb length also needs to be accommodated with a special distal end attachment and knee componentry

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