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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 73-B, Issue 2 | Pages 203 - 206
1 Mar 1991
Bernd L Blasius K Lukoschek M Lucke R

Autologous stump capping is a procedure designed to prevent bony overgrowth in skeletally immature amputation stumps. All 19 capping procedures in the lower extremities were successful after an average follow-up of 7.3 years. All patients use their prostheses, and no secondary operations have been needed for stump problems. Of the 31 cap-plasties of the humerus, six required re-operation. The overall failure rate of 12% is low compared with the failure rate of re-amputation.