Causes & effects of revision surgery in traumatic lower limb amputees
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Understanding the causes and effects of revision surgeries in traumatic lower limb amputations: a retrospective evaluation
IRAS ID
250690
Contact name
Simon Jenkins
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Warwick
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 1 days
Research summary
Revision surgeries in traumatic lower limb amputations are common, but their causes and effects on patient quality of life are not well understood.
A revision surgery is a surgery that is unplanned and occurs after the initial wound and surgical intervention has healed. The potential participants will have been involved in an unintentional injury or accident which has resulted in severe damage to one or both of their lower limbs. The damage will have resulted in immediate amputation for life-saving purposes, or a later amputation as a result of the severity of the damage and failure of the initial surgical intervention. The reasons these surgeries fail are varied; but generally can be attributed to infection, continued pain, excess scarring/tissue, and an inability for the prosthetic to work with the remaining part of the limb.
Revision surgeries are unpredictable and have a great impact on a patient’s ability to return to activities of daily life. This evaluation will analyse the causes of revision surgeries in traumatic lower limb amputations using the patient’s medical records and surgical notes. It also aims to describe the effect these repeated surgical interventions had on the patient’s quality of life.
REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/1638
Date of REC Opinion
31 Oct 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion