Diagnostics before transfemoral amputation
The basic rule is to remove as much as necessary, but as little as possible. Therefore, in order to determine the exact amputation height, it is necessary to determine before the operation where the cause of the amputation lies and whether other regions of the body are also affected. This is the case, for example, when tumor cells are carried away by the blood from the thigh to the rest of the body.
If, for example, a vessel is occluded, imaging procedures such as CT or MRI must be used to determine exactly where the vessel is occluded in order to decide where the leg has to be severed. A CT or MRI image is taken as standard to assess the vessels, bones and muscles. The further diagnosis depends on the underlying disease. These topics may also be of interest to you:
- Amputation heights
- Lower leg amputation
