Stump Bandaging of the Lower-extremity Amputee.

In many rehabilitation centers and hospitals throughout the country, the physical therapist must wait for the amputee to be referred for treat­ ment. Often the surgeon will not refer the elderly patient or the one suffer­ ing with a vascular impairment until the sutures are removed and healing is complete. Early referral of the young, traumatic amputee for proper preprosthetic treatment is well accepted. Such treatment has three main purposes: