[Specific surgical strategy for gangrene of both lower extremities]

At admission of patients with gangrenes of both lower extremities the surgical strategy was not determined. The author has also failed to find corresponding recommendations in the available literature. On the basis of his clinical experiences with 12 patients who underwent big amputation of lower extremities for bilateral gangrene, the author proposes the surgical methods. The optimal variant is considered to be a by turns amputation with the interamputation period being determined by a relative stabilization of the life-support systems.