title: [How much foot is better than none?].
abstract: The long-term analysis of ten cases of borderline amputations at midfoot level permits the following conclusions. The functional result of borderline amputation ad midfoot level depends on several parameters, including the elevator effect of the muscle antagonists; the quality of the integument; the traction between full-thickness skin and split-thickness skin grafts; local pressure over prominent bones; osteoarthropathy and osteolysis, especially in the diabetic foot; and subjective circumstances including general state of the health, age and activities.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie, Universitätsspital/Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zollinger
mesh_terms: D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000098:blood supply; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Wieviel Fuss ist besser als keiner?