This document provides an overview of below knee amputation, including:
- Three case studies of patients requiring amputation due to issues like diabetes and injuries
- The history and evolution of amputation practices from ancient times to modern day
- Surgical principles, types of amputations, flap techniques, and determining amputation levels
- Post-operative care, potential complications, prosthetics, and achieving an ideal healing stump
- Discussing how Ayurvedic texts provide early references to amputation and wound care techniques still relevant today.