Provides tips on how nurses can wrap an above-the-knee amputation stump. Patient positioning; Need to change stump dressings and provide wound care as ordered; Pattern that must be followed in order to cover all exposed skin on the stump.DENISE D. HAYES...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook stump (redirected fromstumpy) Dictionary Thesaurus Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia stump [stump] the distal end of a limb left afteramputation; called alsoresidual limb. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. ...
Introduction and Aims: Patient presented with an equinovarus deformity of the left foot and ankle, and high above knee amputation of right leg. Femoral stu... HH Volkers 被引量: 0发表: 2005年 Turnup bone flap for lengthening the below-stump knee amputation stump When amputation just below...
He was then transferred to our unit where he was noted to have a completely insensate foot, for which a trans tibial amputation of his left leg was performed. At the time of amputation, he was found to have a posterior cruciate ligament deficient knee with intact collateral ligaments. After...
A 36 year old man sustained a traumatic above knee amputation after stepping on an improvised explosive device (IED). Following several sessions of debridement, an ipsilateral pedicled VRAM flap was utilized to provide padded soft tissue coverage and maintain bone length (6cm below the greater ...
Below-knee amputation (BKA) See Below knee amputation (BKA) requires 40 % less energy expenditure when compared with above-knee amputation (AKA) (Waters RL, Perry J, Antonelli D, Hislop H, J Bone Jt Surg 58(1):42–46, 1976), and compliance with prosthesis use is twice as likely with...
Covering the below-knee amputation stump with the pedicled dorsalis pedis flap from the ipsilateral foot: a case report. Microsurgery 2011; 31: 155-158.Covering the below-knee amputation stump with the pedicled dorsalis pedis flap from the ipsilateral foot: a case report. Motomiya Makoto,...
Below-knee amputation (BKA) requires 40 % less energy expenditure when compared with above-knee amputation (AKA) (Waters RL, Perry J, Antonelli D, Hislop H, J Bone Jt Surg 58(1):42–46, 1976), and compliance with prosthesis use is twice as likely with a BKA when compared with an ...
Kaposi-like acroangiodermatitis in an above-knee amputa- tion stump. Brit J Dermatol. 1989;120(4):575-80.Kolde G, Worheide J, Baumgartner R, Brocker EB: Kaposi-like acroangiodermatitis in an above-knee amputation stump. Br J Dermatol 1989; 120 (4): 575-580....
It is also useful as a pedicled flap, however, it has seldom been described for reconstruction of an amputation stump. If wound closure of above-knee amputation is to involve split-thickness skin grafting, the graft is possible to ulcerate as soon as use of prosthesis is begun. Although ...