The Management of Lewer-extremity Amputation by Burgess

Abstract

Dr, Burgess has presented the new operation technic on the immediate postsurgecal prosthetic fitting which have developed by Dr, Weiss.
The principle of this new technic on Below Knee Amputation is as follow.
1. The stump should be covered with a long posterior skin flap and muscle of the calf for keeping good distal circulation.
2. The fibula is left somewhat longer than conventional amputation techniques because the modern tolal-contactt socket depends upon the more cylindical, broad stump for rotation stability.
This new technic can apply as one of the routine of immediate fitting methods and is effective to the patient with distal circulatary disturbance.
We reported the details of this operation technic on 6 cases