Open transmetatarsal amputation in the treatment of severe foot infections - 08/10/17

Doi : 10.1016/0002-9610(89)90360-7

Joseph R. Durham, MD ^⁎,^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, David M. McCoy, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, Alan P. Sawchuk, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, Joseph P. Meyer, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, Thomas H. Schwarcz, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, D.Preston Flanigan, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}, James J. Schuler, MD ^{^{1
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and the Departments of Surgery, Cook County Hospital and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.}}
Chicago, Illinois, USA

^∗Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joseph R. Durham, MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, N716 Doan Hall, 410 West Tenth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210.

Abstract

Severe forefoot infections may lead to limb loss, even if addressed aggressively. Infection or gangrene that compromises the plantar skin flap may preclude a standard transmetatarsal or midfoot amputation, thereby culminating in a below-knee amputation. We report a series of forefoot infections with loss of the distal plantar skin. Open or guillotine amputation at the mid-metatarsal level led to a high rate of healing and a durable stump, provided that the level of infection did not extend beyond the metatarsal heads. Wound closure was obtained by wound contracture alone or by use of partial-thickness skin grafting. Rehabilitation was dependable. The association of diabetes mellitus or gangrene did not adversely affect outcome. Open transmetatarsal amputation is a safe surgical option preferable to midfoot or below-knee amputation for the treatment of severe forefoot infection that does not extend proximally beyond the metatarsal heads.

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☆	Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Boca Raton, Florida, March 29–April 1, 1989.

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P. 127-130 - août 1989 Retour au numéro

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