Above knee amputee

Yes they do have flexion at the hip. Many times too much! If they begin to develop hip flexion contracture many times the surgeon will order a certain number of hours lying prone to prevent them. If the AKA is a one stage...then the muscles are wrapped around the end and the skin is closed. The docs usually order a stump shrinker to make the end of the amputation bullet shaped instead of flat on the end. The shrinker helps prepare the stump for future prosthesis use.

A two stage surgery would be if it were left open....as in traumatic amputation I&D and then closed at a future time. These are usually pretty bloody!