title: Skin blood flow level and stump healing in ischemic amputations.
abstract: Skin blood flow was measured with xenon 133-histamine mixture in 20 lower extremities of 18 patients before performing amputations. The amputation levels were chosen according to clinical criteria; 13 below-knee, 3 distal femoral, 1 midfemoral, 2 transmetatarsal, and 1 Syme's amputations were performed. Fourteen stumps had normal healing, 2 had delayed healing, and 3 had necrosis. All of the stumps with normal healing had a skin blood flow >1.76 ml/100 g tissue/minute. Bleeding from the skin also was a good predictor of healing. Skin blood flow measurement may be helpful for level selection in ischemic amputations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Faith University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avci
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Musdal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D014945:Wound Healing