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Complications - Right knee disarticulation for Fontaine stage IV peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

  1. Intraoperative complications

    • Soft tissue flaps that are too short lead to constricting sutures/necrosis and a stump unable to bear weight -> transcondylar amputation with patellar resection or distal transfemoral amputation
Postoperative complications

Secondary bleeding/haematoma: Potential source of infection, wound dehiscence, "internal decubitus"

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