Figure 2From: Management of traumatic hemipelvectomy: an institutional experience on four consecutive cases(a), (b) Female, 35 years old, sustained traumatic hemipelvectomy in a traffic accident. (c) The view after the amputation. (d) On the fourth postoperative day, severe soft tissue necrosis and wound infection was observed during the first debridement. On the 45th postoperative day, the first skin graft was performed. (e) &(f) On the 65th postoperative day, the second skin graft was performed. (g) &(h) the wound had healed and the patient could ambulate with crutches four years post-operation.Back to article page