TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 11. Amputations
A1  - Smith, Douglas G.
A1  - Skinner, Harry B.
A2  - Skinner, Harry B.
A2  - McMahon, Patrick J.
Y1  - 2014
N1  - 
T2  - Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics, 5e
AB  - Amputations  are  performed  to  remove  extremities  that  are  severely  diseased,  injured,  or  no  longer  functional.  Although  medical  advances  in  antibiotics,  trauma  care,  vascular  surgery,  and  the  treatment  of  neoplasms  have  improved  the  prospects  for  limb  salvage,  in  many  cases,  prolonged  attempts  to  save  a  limb  that  should  be  amputated  lead  to  excessive  morbidity  or  even  death.  To  counsel  a  patient  regarding  amputation  versus  limb  salvage  adequately,  the  physician  must  provide  sufficient  information  about  the  surgical  and  rehabilitative  steps  involved  with  each  procedure  and  must  also  appraise  the  probable  outcome  for  function  realistically  with  each  alternative.  Attempting  to  salvage  a  limb  is  not  always  in  the  best  interest  of  the  patient.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57819330
ER  -