Amputation Reconstruction at Stanford

To provide comprehensive, integrated, and innovative treatment to maximize function for patients with any level of upper or lower extremity amputation or limb loss.

At the Stanford Amputation Reconstruction Clinic, we aim to utilize cutting-edge reconstructive techniques to help optimize function for individuals with upper or lower extremity amputation. Amputations may occur as a result of trauma, infection, vascular disease, malignancy, or numerous other reasons. Our goals are to prevent and treat pain, facilitate prosthesis use, and restore function. We take an individualized approach to meet each patient’s unique goals and concerns, whether a single digit amputation, an above knee amputation, a forequarter amputation, or anything in between.

We work in a multidisciplinary setting with leaders of collaborating fields such as Orthopaedic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Prosthetics, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy to provide comprehensive coordinated care.

Consultation before amputation

Pain prevention

Optimization for prosthesis use

Issues after Amputation

Residual limb pain

Phantom limb pain

Neuroma pain

Nerve compression and neuropathy

Complex regional pain syndrome

Wound healing complications

Prosthesis fit issues

Consultation for advanced peripheral nerve management strategies (TMR, RPNI)

Evaluation and surgical treatment to enable myoelectric prostheses

Evaluation for osseointegration surgery