AMPUTATIONS Causes Types Guillotine/ Open Closed Myodesis Myoplasty
RECOMMENDED LEVELS Above knee amputation: 12 cm above knee joint line Below knee amputation: 15 cm below knee joint line (ideally at the musculotendinous junction of gastrocnemius) Above elbow amputation: 20 cm below the acromion Below elbow amputation: 18 cm below the olecranon
NOMENCLATURE UPPER LIMB AMPUTATIONS
NOMENCLATURE LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS
COMPLICATIONS INFECTION BLEEDING SKIN FLAP NECROSIS PHANTOM SENSATIONS POST AMPUTATION NEUROMA
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