Muscle blood flow after amputation: Increased flow with medullary plugging

Authors

  • Hans Kristian Pilegård
  • Mogens Rørbæk Madsen
  • Christian Hansen-Leth
  • Axel Terp

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678508993044

Abstract

At below-knee amputation for arterial insufficiency in 31 patients, the muscle blood flow of quadriceps and triceps surae was measured by clearance of 99mTc pertechnetate pre-and postoperatively. In 15 patients, myoplastic amputation was performed and in 16 patients the medullary cavity of the tibial stump was plugged with cortex of the removed bone as well. Plugging caused a two-third increase in muscle blood flow.

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Published

1985-01-01

How to Cite

Pilegård, H. K., Madsen, M. R., Hansen-Leth, C., & Terp, A. (1985). Muscle blood flow after amputation: Increased flow with medullary plugging. Acta Orthopaedica, 56(6), 500–502. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678508993044

Issue

Acta Orthopaedica, Volume 56, Issue 6 (1985)

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Acta Orthopaedica (Scandinavica) content is available freely online as from volume 1, 1930. The journal owner owns the copyright for all material published until volume 80, 2009. As of June 2009, the journal has however been published fully Open Access, meaning the authors retain copyright to their work. As of June 2009, articles have been published under CC-BY-NC or CC-BY licenses, unless otherwise specified.
 
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