hemipelvectomy

In some cases, an internal hemipelvectomy can be performed, which is a limb-sparing procedure.

People who have experienced a hemipelvectomy may or may not be able to use a prosthesis.

The other name for external hemipelvectomy is called a hindquarter amputation.

There are two kinds of hemipelvectomy (internal and external)

A hemipelvectomy is a high level pelvic amputation.

A complete hemipelvectomy, however, is the amputation of half of the pelvis and the leg on that side.

Amputation of the arm, leg, jaw, or half of the pelvis (called a hemipelvectomy) may be necessary in some cases.

Because a hemipelvectomy is a rare type of amputation, it is important that the physical therapist is trained in the special needs of a post-hemipelvectomy patient.

In 1892 he introduced the side-to-side gastroduodenostomy, an operation used when the pylorus and proximal duodenum are badly scarred, and in 1894 he performed the first inter-ilio abdominal amputation or hemipelvectomy, a surgery involving amputation of the entire leg through the sacroiliac joint.