Distal blood pressure measurement in lower-limb amputees.
Reamputation above the knee after failure of primary below-knee amputation was related to the distal blood pressure. With pressures of 20, 30 and 40 mmHg, two-thirds, one-third and one-seventh, respectively, of the below-knee amputations required reamputation above the knee.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000601:surgery*; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply