1. AMPUTATIONS
Causes
Types
Guillotine/ Open
Closed
Myodesis
Myoplasty

2. 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

3. NOMENCLATURE
UPPER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

4. NOMENCLATURE
LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

5. COMPLICATIONS
INFECTION
BLEEDING
SKIN FLAP NECROSIS
PHANTOM SENSATIONS
POST AMPUTATION NEUROMA

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