Revision of amputation stumps in Dodoma--Tanzania

The records of Dodoma Orthopaedic Department, Tanzania were reviewed for the period July 1986 to December 1990 in order to identify the reasons for revision surgery. A total of 26 patients required revision surgery. Two main groups were identified. In the first group 4 patients had a higher level of amputation because of gangrene. In the second group 22 patients had revision surgery because of other stump defects caused by technical mistakes when carrying out the original amputation, or other complications.