Krukenberg amputation

Kru·ken·berg am·pu·ta·tion

(krū'kĕn-berg), a cineplastic amputation at the carpus with the distal end of the forearm used to create a forklike stump between radius and ulna; especially valuable in the blind because the stump has proprioception.

Kru·ken·berg am·pu·ta·tion

(krū'kĕn-berg amp'yū-tā'shŭn) A cineplastic amputation at the carpus with the distal end of the forearm used to create a forklike stump; especially valuable in the blind because the stump has proprioception.

Krukenberg,

Friedrich, German pathologist, 1871-1946. Krukenberg amputation - a cineplastic amputation at the carpus with the distal end of the forearm.Krukenberg pigment spindle forcepsKrukenberg spindle - a vertical fusiform area of melanin pigmentation on the posterior surface of the central cornea.Krukenberg spongeKrukenberg tumor - metastatic carcinoma of the ovary.