Sometimes a bypass grafting operation may be performed to allow a below-knee amputation site to heal adequately.

The most important factor in deciding whether a below-knee amputation will heal is the clinical judgment of a knowledgeable surgeon.

Above-knee and below-knee amputation is rarely required.

Jiří has a below-knee amputation.

It is defined by the IPC as "a. Double below-knee amputation, minimal through the ankle joint.

Intentionally performed surgical below-knee amputation can be performed by transtibial techniques such as Burgess and Kingsley Robinson.

Despite his below-knee amputation, as a child he played Australian football in the Little League, swam and competed in athletics with the aid of a prosthetic leg.

The Jaipur Foot, also known as the Jaipur Leg, is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations.

Pistorius, who has double below-knee amputations, competes in T44 (single below knee amputees) events though he is actually classified in T43 (double below knee amputee).

Cole is classified in the S9 category in swimming due to her amputation, a classification that also includes swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg and those with double below-knee amputations.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) defined this classification for para-Alpine as "Competitors with disabilities in a lower limb skiing with two normal skis and two poles ... Typical disability profile of the class is single below-knee amputation."

Usually have minimal lower limb dysfunction or single below knee amputation.

Also T43 classified athletes competed in this event: double below knee amputations or equivalent impairments.

TRI-5 - Moderate leg impairment, including below knee amputation.

F58: normal upper limb and trunk function, bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

He managed to survive unscathed until the last weeks of the war, when he received an injury necessitating the below knee amputation of his right leg.

The Australian Paralympic Committee defines this classification as being for athletes who have the "Single leg below knee amputation.

Epidermal necrosis then evolved to myonecrosis extending from midthigh to the foot which necessitated below knee amputation of the right extremity.

Class 44 Competitors in class T44 and F44 have single below knee amputation or those that can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.

LW9.2 is for skiers with an upper extremity issue and below knee amputation or comparable disability; it includes people classes CP7 who have slight to moderate hemiplegia.

Jerome Singleton (born July 7, 1986) is a Paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 (single below knee amputation) sprint events.

Class 43 Competitors in class T43 and F43 have double below knee amputation (or combined arm/leg amputation) or comparable leg impairments.

Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: "Double below knee amputation (or combined arm/leg amputation) or similar disability."

The International Paralympic Committee defined this as: "Double below knee amputees and other athletes with impairments that are comparable to a double below knee amputation.

Competitors in this class have a disability affecting both legs, with double below knee amputation or a combined strength total for both of 60, with 80 as the baseline for people without disabilities.

Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: "Single below knee amputation or an athlete who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs."

An LW12 skier needs to meet a minimum of one of several conditions including a single below knee but above ankle amputation, monoplegia that exhibits similar to below knee amputation, legs of different length where there is at least a 7 centimetres difference, combined muscle strength in the lower extremities less than 71.