Below-knee amputation in peripheral arterial disease.
A below-knee amputation will heal in most patients with atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease, using no anterior flap and a long posterior myoplastic flap. The technique used by the authors is presented in detail, with their experience in 32 cases.
D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014945:Wound Healing