
A Rare Indication for Amputation
Author(s) -
V.K. Sreekala
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation/indian journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0973-2209
pISSN - 2949-8058
DOI - 10.5005/ijopmr-27-3-90
Subject(s) - amputation , computer science , medicine , surgery
A forty-two years old housewife came to the outpatient department. She met with a very bad road traffic accident in childhood resulting in a crush injury of left lower limb and a degloving injury on the right lower limb. She had undergone transtibial amputation on the left and skin grafting on the right lower limbs. The scar has been transformed into a large keloid. Now she is ambulant with patellar tendon bearing prosthesis on the left side and a rocky hard, heavy, insensate right lower limb with a grotesque appearance. She requests amputation and prosthetic fitting on the right side.