Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1965;47:1401-1402.
© 1965 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Spontaneous Amputation of Gangrenous Leg
SIVERT SVANE M.D.1
1 Department of Surgery B, Rikshospitalet, Oslo Norway
After acute arterial occlusion, gangrene developed in the distal half of the left leg of a man, fifty-two years old. No medical service was obtained and spontaneous amputation of the leg occurred after fifteen and one-half months.