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Above Knee Amputation

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Above Knee Amputation
DATE AND TIME: [Date and time]
URGENCY: Elective / Non-elective
SURGEON: [Name]
ASSISTANT: [Name / None]
ANAESTHETIST: [Name]

OPERATION: Above Knee Amputation (Transfemoral)
ANAESTHETIC: General / spinal anaesthesia
ANTIBIOTICS: IV antibiotics at induction
DVT PROPHYLAXIS: [Agent / mechanical / Not indicated]
POSITION: Supine. Urinary catheter. [Tourniquet applied if indicated.]

INDICATION:
Unsalvageable lower limb — [non-reconstructable peripheral vascular disease / failed below-knee amputation with stump breakdown / extensive trauma / life-saving in extremis]. Level of bone transection planned 5-7 cm proximal to flap edges.
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