Book chapter
Above-Knee Amputation
Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, pp.907-908
Springer International Publishing
07/08/2017
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44797-1_266
Abstract
Above-knee amputation is performed for patients with severe limb ischemia or infection non-amenable to reconstruction. This chapter describes indications, essential steps, variations, and complications of this procedure. It provides a detailed template operative note for the procedure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Above-Knee Amputation
- Creators
- Maen S. Aboul Hosn - Department of Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, pp.907-908
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-44797-1_266
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/08/2017
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984322777802771
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