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Mackenzie's operation
Associated persons:
Richard James Mackenzie
James Syme
Description:
A modification of Syme's amputation at the ankle joint in which the skin flap is taken from the inner side.
See also Syme's operation, under James Syme, Scottish surgeon, 1799-1870.
Bibliography:
- R. J. Mackenzie:
On amputation at the ankle-joint by internal lateral flap.
Monthly Journal of Medical Science, Edinburgh, 1849, 9: 951-954.
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