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Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2019
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2020
Medial thighplasty with or without thigh liposuction
Perform a standard medial thighplasty with or without additional thigh liposuction on up to three obese transfemoral amputee subjects. The subjects will be transfemoral amputees who are successful ambulators and have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater with excessive adipose tissue in their residual limb. The surgery will consist of medial excision of excess adipose and cutaneous tissue with circumferential liposuction.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
OTHER