Complications - Right above-knee amputation for Fontaine stage IV peripheral arterial disease (PAD)

Anatomy Perioperative management Technique Complications Evidence Total Video

Intraoperative complications
Problems with soft tissue coverage
- Soft tissue flaps that are too short lead to constricting sutures/necrosis and a stump unable to bear weight -> shorten the femur
- Soft tissue flaps that are too voluminous result in an unstable stump ("floating stump") -> shorten the soft tissue flaps

Postoperative complications

Secondary bleeding/hematoma: source for infection, dehiscence of the myoplastic coverage –> prom

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