amputationantisepticinfectionperipheral vascular diseasepreoperative preparationstumpThe prevalence of ischaemic or infective delayed wound healing in amputations for peripheral vascular disease may vary from 18 to 40%. A prospective trial to test the efficacy of 12h preoperative preparation with 10% povidone...
Nathalie Dunkel,Wilson Belaieff,Mathieu Assal,Valentina Corni,?aziye Karaca,Alain Lacraz,Ilker U?kay.Wound dehiscence and stump infection after lower limb amputation: risk factors and association with antibiotic use[J]. Journal of Orthopaedic Science .2012(5)...
Other options for treatment of aortic prosthetic graft infection include extra anatomical bypass, neo-aortioiliac procedures using the femoral vein or unpreserved allografts, but these are associated with high morbidity [5], [11], [12]. Aortic stump blowout in 25% of patients, amputation in 16...