Did they ever post the correct dx or was I right with Frostbite?
Acute limb ischemia ..?raynauds ?thrombosis... treatment limb salvaging amputation plus post op vaso dilators or heparins after cause evaluation..arterial doppler and ANA s must be done to find the cause
Gangrene : is caused by death of tissues due to lack of blood supply. This may be caused by long term diseases that lead to damage to blood vessels like diabetes or due to blood vessel injury like in burns or injuries that give way to deeper tissue infections. These infections cause the part to swell up leading to occlusion of blood vessels/ treatment plan includes: Surgical debridement of removal of the infected tissues so that the infection does not spread via the blood vessels. The treatment aims at prevention of the infection and its spread. To treat and control the underlying condition that leads to the gangrene to prevent recurrence. A vascular or blood vessel surgery is performed to prevent occlusion and diabetes is controlled to prevent diabetic gangrene
