An improved technique for below knee amputation.
The author describes a technique for below knee amputation using a long and very broad posterior flap where the main vessels are divided and ligated distally. Two large "dog ears" at the end of the stump are de-epithelialized and buried providing extra padding. The technique conserves maximum blood supply and has proved to be safer than the methods described previously.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing