ABSTRACT
Above-knee amputations are rare injuries that need emergent replantation or primary
amputation. Although survival could be achieved in selective cases, postoperative
function of the affected limb is usually unsatisfactory and a late amputation has
to be performed for poor prognosis or severe complications. Experience of the surgical
team may play an important role in primary decision making, which leads us to report
one case of above-knee replantation with poor postoperative function and needing a
late amputation. Scoring systems, expected results based on our case, and a brief
review of literature concerning above-knee replantations are discussed.
KEYWORDS
Replantation - above-knee amputation - decision making
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C.-Q. ZhangM.D. Ph.D.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
eMail: changqing_1914@yahoo.cn
