Split-Thickness Skin Grafting of Amputation Stumps.

摘要

Since the outbreak of the Korean War a large number of patients have returned from the forward areas with open amputation stumps, the value of which in military surgery has been well established. Amputees are sent to the Amputation Center for definitive treatment, and the first problem at hand is closure of the wound, which will necessarily vary with the type of open stump encountered. This paper deals with the use of the split-thickness skin graft in accomplishing closure of certain types of open stumps. We shall not consider partial hand or foot amputations but only major amputations. Types of open amputation stumps. We have seen three types of open amputation stumps in casualties who have been admitted to this Center for definitive treatment.