AMPUTATION OF LEG FOR INTRACTABLE ULCER:

Anesthesia for leg amputation in high risk patients: Case reports

Background: High risk cases of leg amputation were one of major concerns in anesthesiologists.　 Cases: Sixteen cases with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA-PS) 3 or 4 for leg amputation were reported.  Fifteen patients were medicated with more than two anticoagulants and 11 patients had bleeding tendency.  Thirteen patients received below knee amputation (BKA) and thre...

More than Half of Patients Receiving Hemodialysis with Leg Ulcer Require Amputation

Analgesic effect of topical sevoflurane on venous leg ulcer with intractable pain

Analgesic effect of topical sevoflurane on venous leg ulcer with intractable pain M. Gerónimo-Pardo1; A. Martínez-Monsalve2; M. Martínez-Serrano3 1Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Treatment, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario of Albacete; 2Department of Vascular Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario of Albacete; 3Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, Co...

Arteriosclerosis, amputation and peptic ulcer.

In a series of 400 consecutive patients with arteriosclerosis seen in two peripheral vascular clinics, we confirm the previously reported association with peptic ulcer. The incidence was almost 25% both in patients with occlusive disease (300) and with aneurysm (100). The accepted expectation of peptic ulcer in the same age-group is 6 or 7% (Jones, Kirk & Bloor, 1970; McManus, 1966). Patients w...

Hyperbaric oxygen for a thalassaemic leg ulcer.

A thalassaemic ulcer in a male Greek Cypriot patient, resistant to standard medical treatment, was treated using hyperbaric oxygen in a recompression chamber. The patient breathed 100% oxygen by face mask whilst the chamber was compressed with air to a pressure of 2.5 atmospheres absolute. The ulcer became fully epithelialised within three weeks of starting treatment.