TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pirogoff Amputation for Foot Trauma: An Unusual Amputation LevelA Case Report
AU  - den Bakker, F.M.
AU  - Holtslag, H.R.
AU  - van den Brand, J.G.H.
Y1  - 2010/10/20
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.I.01336
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 2462
EP  - 2465
VL  - 92
IS  - 14
N2  - 
In 1854, the Russian surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogoff introduced a technique of foot amputation in which the heel is preserved and used as a base4,5. The forefoot, midfoot, talus, distal part of the calcaneus, and distal tibial articular cartilage are removed. The plantar skin flap is left attached to the calcaneus, which is rotated 90° dorsally to create a sensate weight-bearing surface with minimal loss of leg length, usually <5 cm (Fig. 1).

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01336
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.01336
ER  -