Histomorphometric changes in the vessel wall at the site of amputation in diabetic patients--do they influence healing of the stump?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2005
Abstract
Intimal thickening and medial thinning in the arteries can be used to predict the stump healing in patients who underwent below-knee amputation. For ray amputation patients, similar changes occurred in the dorsal veins, and this finding can also be used to predict the healing of the stump. However, intimal thickening occurred at the expense of the media; therefore, there is little change in the wall thickness.
Keywords
Adult, Amputation Stumps/physiopathology
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)
Volume
13
Issue
1
Additional Information
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Malaya Medical Center
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