Major amputations of the lower extremity for vascular disease.

نویسنده

  • A H Boontje
چکیده

I n t r o d u c t i o n D e s p i t e c o n t i n u i n g p r o g r e s s in v a s c u l a r s u r g e r y , s o m e 9 0 % of al l a m p u t a t i o n s of t h e l o w e r l i m b a r e sti l l b e i n g p e r f o r m e d for v a s c u l a r occ lu s ive d i s e a s e . G a n g r e n e t o o c a n b e e x t e n s i v e . A p a t i e n t c a n b e i n o p e r a b l e fo r v a s c u l a r s u r g e r y a n d a r t e r i a l r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o r l u m b a r s y m p a t h e c t o m y d o e s n o t a l w a y s g ive t h e d e s i r e d e f f ec t . A m p u t a t i o n s of t h e l o w e r l imb will t h e r e f o r e c o n t i n u e t o b e p a r t o f t h e a r m a m e n t a r i u m of t h e v a s c u l a r s u r g e o n . A n a m p u t a t i o n is a s e m i e l e c t i v e o p e r a t i o n . T h e d e g r e e a n d p r o g r e s s i o n o r r e g r e s s i o n o f t h e i s c h e m i a a r e o f t e n difficult t o j u d g e a n d p r e d i c t . I t is g e n e r a l l y a d v i s a b l e t o o b s e r v e a n i s c h e m i c leg for a t l eas t a few d a y s a n d t o t a k e c o n s e r v a t i v e m e a s u r e s , b o t h l oca l a n d b y m e a n s o f 1 0 % D e x t r a n by i n t r a v e n o u s d r i p . T h e n t h e r e is t i m e for f u r t h e r e v a l u a t i o n of t h e g e n e r a l c o n d i t i o n o f t h e p a t i e n t a n d for a n g i o g r a p h y . P h y s i o t h e r a p y is r e q u i r e d as we l l . M o r e o v e r , t h e l eve l o f a m p u t a t i o n , b e l o w k n e e o r a b o v e k n e e , c a n b e d e t e r m i n e d m o r e r e l i a b l y .

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Prosthetics and orthotics international

دوره 4 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1980