Description
Book SynopsisThis text serves as a comprehensive guide for the care of patients requiring lower extremity major amputations. It details the indications, technicalities and procedural steps, risks and benefits to above-knee, below-knee and through-knee amputations. The textbook also details aspects regarding quality of amputation care, epidemiology of this disease and psychiatric considerations when managing patients with lower extremity amputation.
Table of ContentsPreface; Epidemiology of Major Lower Extremity Amputations; Medical Optimization of Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Amputation; Operative Steps and Techniques for Above-Knee and Below-Knee Amputations; Below Knee Amputation: Epidemiology, Indications, Procedure and Complications; Through Knee Amputation: Indications, Procedure, Pearls and Complications; Above Knee Amputation: Epidemiology, Indications, Procedures and Complications; Coverage and Reconstruction Techniques for AKA and BKA Salvage; Complications of Lower Extremity Amputation and Their Management; Prosthetics and Rehabilitation for Patients Undergoing AKA and BKA: The Postoperative Journey; Below-the-Knee Total/Subtotal Amputation and Type III C Open Fracture: Indications, Procedures and Potential Risks; Psychiatric Complications after Above Knee Amputation and below Knee Amputation; Index.
