Off-loading the amputation during the healing process is imperative to reduce high-risk pressure areas to avoid dehiscence and ... In addition, nonhealing wounds are associated with infection ...

This retrospective study reviewed 80 consecutive patients (mean age 62 years; range 21-91 years) who underwent 91 transmetatarsal amputations (TMAs) between 1995 and 2003. The mean follow-up was ...