The Mangled Foot and Leg: Salvage Versus Amputation

作者：Shawen Scott B^*; Keeling John J; Branstetter Joanna; Kirk Kevin L; Ficke James R

来源：Foot and Ankle Clinics, 2010, 15(1): 63-75.

DOI：10.1016/j.fcl.2009.11.005

• Limb salvage
• Amputation
• Trauma
• Foot
• Ankle

Treatment of the severely injured lower extremity and mangled foot is fraught with difficulty. Experience has improved the surgeons' ability to salvage limbs, but has not routinely given them the ability to predict which patients will thrive after this choice is made and executed. The authors believe that involving peers and mentors, patient counselors, educating the patients themselves, and comprehensive rehabilitation programs help to prevent patients from losing the desire to improve during the treatment process so that they can eventually return to a productive life.

• 出版日期2010-3