Above the knee amputation wound which dehisced following surgery.
This case study describes the wound care of Mrs A, a female patient whose above the knee amputation wound dehisced after surgery. The management of this wound was complex and challenging and required that many members of the multidisciplinary team to work together to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
Department of Tissue Viability, Grampian University Hospitals Trust, Aberdeen.
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SC
Stringfellow
P J
PJ
Cooper
D000672:Amputation Stumps / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007717:Knee; D008875:Middle Aged; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*