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  • Title
  • Animation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Prepping and Draping
  • 3. Fishmouth Incision and Dissection down to Femur
  • 4. Femoral Artery and Vein Identification and Exposure
  • 5. Femoral Artery and Vein Division and Tying
  • 6. Femur Transection
  • 7. Posterior Dissection and Sciatic Nerve Transection to Complete Amputation
  • 8. Hemostasis
  • 9. Closure
  • 10. Post-op Remarks

Conversion of Failed Right Leg Below-Knee Amputation to Above-Knee Amputation for Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Faizaan Aziz1; Andrew Shevitz, DO2; Faisal Aziz, MD, MBA, FACS, DFSVS2
1University of Michigan
2Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

General SurgeryVascular SurgeryMultidisciplinary Surgery

Procedure Outline

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Introduction
    1. 2. Prepping and Draping
      1. 3. Fishmouth Incision and Dissection down to Femur
        1. 4. Femoral Artery and Vein Identification and Exposure
          1. 5. Femoral Artery and Vein Division and Tying
            1. 6. Femur Transection
              1. 7. Posterior Dissection and Sciatic Nerve Transection to Complete Amputation
                1. 8. Hemostasis
                  1. 9. Closure
                    1. 10. Post-op Remarks

                      1. Introduction

                      2. Prepping and Draping

                      3. Fishmouth Incision and Dissection down to Femur

                      4. Femoral Artery and Vein Identification and Exposure

                      5. Femoral Artery and Vein Division and Tying

                      6. Femur Transection

                      7. Posterior Dissection and Sciatic Nerve Transection to Complete Amputation

                      8. Hemostasis

                      9. Closure

                      10. Post-op Remarks

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                      Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

                      Article Information

                      Publication Date
                      Article ID537
                      Production ID0537
                      Volume2025
                      Issue537
                      DOI
                      https://doi.org/10.24296/jomi/537