Procedure Explorer
Foot
Limb Salvage Surgery
- Problem being treated
- Limb-threatening infection, gangrene, or deformity.
- Relevant anatomy
- Varies.
- Surgical concept
- Staged debridement, partial amputations, and reconstruction to preserve a functional limb.
- Indications
- Severe diabetic foot infection
- Osteomyelitis
- Non-healing wounds
- Common alternatives
- Major amputation in some cases
- Recovery concept
- Multidisciplinary with vascular, infectious disease, and wound teams.
- Risks
- Re-ulceration
- Further amputation
- Evidence
- Moderate Evidence
Team-based limb preservation is associated with lower major amputation rates in observational studies.
- Technology involved
- NPWTLocal flapsAntibiotic-loaded beads
Podiatrify provides educational information and risk guidance and does not provide a medical diagnosis. Symptoms involving severe pain, rapidly spreading infection, black or blue tissue, major trauma, loss of circulation, or systemic illness may require urgent medical evaluation.