Muscle perfusion and the healing of below knee amputations
Young, A.E.; Henderson, B.A.; Couch, N.P.
Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics 146(4): 533-534
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6087 PMID: 24898 Document Number: 129274
Muscle pH has been used to assess the perfusion of the muscles at the site of below knee amputation in 20 patients having ischemia at the periphery. The results show that a muscle pH above 7.0 did not correlate with the outcome of amputation but that, when the pH was below 7.00, healing was never achieved.
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