Guillotine amputation

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I was able to assist on a dressing change today of a guillotine amputation to the lower leg. I had no idea physicians amputated this way in this day & age. What an amazing thing to see! I may never see anything like it again. Wow.

We did chemical debridement and wet/dry dressing on it. Tomorrow the pt is due to have a graft over the exposed stump.

Wow, I didn't realize they did amputations using a guillotine either. Is there a particular reason an amputation might be done this way?

Thank you for sharing! :)

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