Pre-operative rehabilitation for dysvascular lower-limb amputee patients: A focus group study involving medical professionals

Lower-limb amputee needs assessment using multistakeholder focus-group approach.

To assess the needs of lower-limb amputees and identify differences between diabetic dysvascular amputees and traumatic amputees, we held a multistakeholder focus-group workshop whose participants included veteran lower-limb amputees, clinicians, researchers, and prosthetic device manufacturers. We conducted the initial workshop sessions as traditional focus-group meetings with homogeneous part...

Lower limb amputee survival.

A total of 1710 primary amputees have been studied over a 25 year period and their survival time has been calculated. These were all consecutive primary lower limb amputees admitted to the Dundee Limb Fitting Centre during the period 1965-1989. Overall, the median survival was 4 yr 9 mth for the below-knee amputee (1019 patients) and 4 yr 3 mth for the above-knee amputee (586 patients). The vas...

Clinicians' perspectives on decision making in lower limb amputee rehabilitation.

OBJECTIVE Decision making within amputee rehabilitation includes the assessment of whether a patient is suitable for a prosthesis and if so, what components to provide. This study seeks to increase understanding about clinicians' perspectives on what factors influence these decisions. METHOD One-to-one semi-structured interviews were completed with 23 experienced clinicians at their place of ...

Survival rates in dysvascular lower limb amputees.

BACKGROUND To assess the 5-year and 10-year survival rates of major (above ankle disarticulation level) dysvascular lower limb amputees attending a sub-regional Disablement Services Centre (DSC) specialising in amputee rehabilitation. Also to investigate the association between survival rates, cause of dysvascularity, level of amputation, smoking status and occupational status. SETTING The st...

Chapter 4 Rehabilitation of the Injured Combatant Vol 1 Rehabilitation of the Lower Limb Amputee