Details of Above Knee Amputation

Above-the-knee amputations (AKA) involve removing the leg from the body by cutting through both the thigh tissue and femoral bone. This procedure may be necessary for a wide variety of reasons, such as trauma, infection, tumor, and vascular compromise.

• Red wound
• Wound filled with pus
• Chilly feeling in an area
• Numbness in an area
• Repeated sores in the same place
• High fever
• High blood pressure

• For Blood clots
• For Diabetes
• For Total knee replacement
• To prevent uncontrolled infection
• For Periprosthetic fracture
• For severe bone loss
• For vascular complications

Blood tests

Imaging tests

Physical examination

For severe cases, amputation of a limb, finger, or toe could be necessary to save your life. People who must have part of an arm or leg amputated due to any reason may be fitted with a prosthesis, or artificial limb, to replace the missing body part.

Deep or superficial infection Skin necrosis muscle atrophy wounds from prosthetic wear