title: [Reconstructive surgery of knee para-articular amputation stumps].
abstract: Reconstructive plastic procedures in primary care and in postprimary/secondary treatment following below knee and above knee amputation are discussed. Short amputation stumps and stumps suffering from insufficient soft tissue coverage should be primarily avoided employing salvage replantation techniques. Secondarily conventional flaps and grafts, tissue expansion and/or microsurgical free tissue transfer all serve for achieving stable skin conditions and preserve adequate stump lengths. Interdisciplinary treatment racionale will lead to improvement of functional and social rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Schwerbrandverletzte, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil Bochum, Universitätsklinik.
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Germann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Büttemeyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hussmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hebebrand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Zur Wiederherstellungschirurgie kniegelenknaher Amputationsstümpfe.