Minor forefoot amputation in patients with low ankle pressure.
Ankle pressures were obtained using Doppler ultrasound in fifty-seven patients undergoing forefoot amputations. Contrary to other reports, no amputations healed with a pressure of less than 60 mm Hg.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000150:complications; D014945:Wound Healing