Distal Blood Pressure Measurement in Lower-Limb Amputees
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 50 (5) , 571-572
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453677908989806
Abstract
Reamputation above the knee after failure of primary below-knee amputation was related to the distal blood pressure. With pressures of 20, 30 and 40 mmHg, two-thirds, one-third and one-seventh, respectively, of the below-knee amputations required reamputation above the knee.Keywords
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