orthopaedics

1. Guillotine/ OpenClosed
Causes
Types
Myodesis Myoplasty

2. Above knee amputation: 12 cm above knee joint line
Below knee amputation: 15 cm below knee joint line
(ideally at the musculotendinous junction of gastrocnemius)
Above elbow amputation: 20 cm below the acromion
Below elbow amputation: 18 cm below the olecranon
RECOMMENDED LEVELS

3. NOMENCLATURE
UPPER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

4. NOMENCLATURE
LOWER LIMB AMPUTATIONS

5. COMPLICATIONS
 INFECTION
 BLEEDING
 SKIN FLAP NECROSIS
 PHANTOM SENSATIONS
 POST AMPUTATION
NEUROMA