Sanford Limb Preservation Center

Sanford Limb Preservation Center

At Sanford Limb Preservation Center, our team helps patients who are at risk for limb loss or movement issues through a wide variety of advanced treatments.

What is limb preservation?

Limb preservation is a specialized approach to health care that focuses on addressing the root causes and effects of limb-threatening conditions. Through this approach, our team provides advanced treatment options to help heal chronic wounds.

Our program offers early intervention to help patients maintain as much mobility and function as possible, with the goal being to avoid amputation. We also promote wellness to prevent future issues.

Sanford Limb Preservation Center’s multidisciplinary team has experts from a variety of specialties and subspecialties, including vascular surgery, podiatry, foot and ankle surgery, wound care, plastic surgery and infectious disease.

Conditions we treat

We treat patients who have or are at risk for:

• Diabetic wounds
• Chronic non-healing wounds
• Critical limb ischemia and chronic limb-threatening ischemia
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Bone infections
• Soft tissue infections
• Gangrene
• Deformities contributing to ulcers
• Neuropathic ulcers
• Lymphedema
• Vascular issues
• Limb-threatening wounds

Treatment options

With early intervention, our team can help patients avoid or minimize amputations. Treatments we offer include:

• Vein surgery
• Endovascular surgery
• Bypass surgery
• Wound debridement
• Soft tissue reconstruction
• Flap surgery
• Microvascular surgery
• Deformity surgery

While our team is committed to doing everything we can to prevent amputation, sometimes that outcome is unavoidable. If amputation is required, we work closely with surgical specialists to get patients the care they need and will continue to assist with rehabilitation, prosthesis fittings and follow-up appointments. When we must amputate a portion of the body, our goal is to preserve the highest level of functionality possible while minimizing risk and re-ulceration.