Because of a gangrenous upper flap of the Syme-amputation stump, a below-knee amputation was carried out on April 13, 1961. In this incision staphylococcal infection also developed and failed to heal.

The Wound Company is a new startup with bold ambitions to revolutionize America’s broken wound care amputation healthcare system in which today, ... elastic bandaging of below knee stump.

Below-the-knee amputation was rarely done for diabetic gangrene before the advent of antibiotics and improved diabetic care. Its advantages as compared with low-thigh amputation are many.

Doctors completed a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg. At first, things were going well. But as White tried to heal, she began to struggle with pain around the site of the amputation.