title: [Preoperative determination of optimal amputation level in end-stage arterial occlusive disease].
abstract: For the preoperative determination of the amputation site in occlusive arterial disease of the lower extremity (i.e. healing by first intention in spite of a peripheral amputation level below the knee or at the knee) we developed a score by analyzing 500 patients with 523 amputations retrospectively. By means of a prospective study (100 consecutive lower limb amputations) this score has proved to be a helpful tool for realizing our therapeutic principle.
authors.affiliation: Gefässchirurgische Klinik, Kriskrankenhaus Leonberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cyba-Altunbay
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D009336:Necrosis; D016011:Normal Distribution; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Die präoperative Bestimmung der optimalen Amputationshöhe im Endstadium der arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit.