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Thirty-eight below-knee amputees were treated with a commercially available pneumatic prosthetic limb system, applied immediately postoperatively, that would allow immediate weight bearing following lower extremity amputation. Thirty-four limbs were amputated for peripheral vascular insufficiency and four were amputated due to trauma. Weight bearing was initiated an average of 4.7 days following surgery and patients were discharged with a non-removable temporary prosthesis at an average of 8.9 days. Thirty-three healed and were uneventfully fit with standard below-knee prosthetic limbs. Three required revision to the above-knee level. In a controlled setting, early weight bearing in the peripheral vascular insufficiency patient can be initiated with a low risk of local wound complication.
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