Lower Extremity Amputations (Subscribe)  

Amputation is one of the most emotionally upsetting and traumatic events that a patient can undergo. However, with a team approach by the medical staff, the negative effects can be minimized and the positive benefits emphasized. Equipping the patient with a prosthesis not only greatly improves the patient's functional status...

Conclusion Of the two adaptation strategies in balance, the first appears before amputation due to pain and fatigue in the affected leg. This strategy appears in the form of reduced postural sway while standing on the non-affected leg. The second adaptation occurs during rehabilitation and regular use of the prosthesis resulting...

Lower-extremity amputation is one of the oldest known surgically performed procedures. The original surgical principles as described by Hippocrates remain true today. Refinements of surgical technique such as hemostasis, anesthesia, and improved perioperative conditions have occurred, but only relatively small technical improvements have been made. Amputation is still often viewed as...

Excision, or amputation, of a toe refers to the surgical removal of a toe or a portion of a toe (e.g., distal phalanx). Fusion (arthrodesis) of a toe refers to the permanent fusing and immobilization of a joint or joints in a toe. Repair of a toe refers to the...

Patients with infected, painful, or necrotic lower extremities can be restored to a better functional level by means of a properly selected and performed amputation. This procedure should be considered reconstructive and restorative. In what follows, I address amputations across the toe, the forefoot, the leg, and the thigh.

Treatment of severe lower extremity trauma, diabetic complications, infections, dysvascular limbs, neoplasia, developmental pathology, or other conditions often involves amputation of the involved extremity. However, techniques of lower extremity amputation have largely remained stagnant over decades. This article reports a reproducible technique for transtibial osteomyoplastic amputation.
Osteomyoplastic transtibial amputation: technique and tips Benjamin...