Complications - Right transfemoral amputation in Fontaine stage IV peripheral arterial disease

Anatomy Perioperative management Technique Complications Evidence Total Video

Intraoperative complications
Problems with soft tissue coverage
- Too short soft tissue flaps may constrict sutures and result in necrosis and a stump unable to bear weight –> shorten the femur
- Soft tissue flaps with too much volume result in an unstable stump ("floating stump") –> Shorten the soft tissue flaps

Postoperative complications

Secondary bleeding /hematoma: Breeding ground for infection, dehiscence of myoplastic coverage –&gt

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