title: [Lower leg amputation--vascular surgery aspects].
abstract: Of 2,816 arterial reconstructions performed between 1984 and 1988 at the AK Hamburg, 341 amputations were necessary. Only 32 lower-leg amputations were possible. Although all facts indicate that the knee joint is best preserved, it is not always possible due to underlying arteriosclerosis. If a well-vasculated dorsal skin-patch can be formed, the operation is surgically unproblematic.
authors.affiliation: II. Chirurgische Abteilung, Allgemeinen Krankenhauses Harburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imig
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000098:blood supply*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008866:Microsurgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Unterschenkelamputation--gefässchirurgische Aspekte.