Weight Optimization of Syme Socket Prosthesis

The biomechanics of the Syme prosthesis.

The purpose of any limb prosthesis is to replace, to the reasonable satisfaction of the wearer, as much as possible of the normal form and function lost through amputation. To provide a suitable prosthesis in any particular case, therefore, the several cooperating professional persons—physicians, prosthetists, therapists, others as appropriate—must have an intimate knowledge of just what losses...

An Improved Prosthesis for a Syme Amputation

A Syme amputation, which is the most conservative below-the-knee amputation and which provides the best functioning stump for weight-bearing, has been rarely recommended for women, because the unsightly prosthesis is objectionable. Some time ago it was necessary to amputate the foot of a female patient, twenty-two years old. After a conference with the young woman, it was decided that the many ...

Elastic-liner type of Syme prosthesis: basic procedure and variations.

The TC double socket above-knee prosthesis.

The conventional total contact suction AK prosthesis presents several disadvantages, such as difficulty in wearing the socket in a sitting position, difficulty in obtaining a favourable disposition of the stump soft tissues in the socket and difficulty in avoiding stump perspiration problems. In an attempt to solve these disadvantages, a new AK prosthesis with a thermoplastic double socket was ...

Pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma because of suction-socket lower limb prosthesis.

Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma is a benign reactive vascular proliferation mainly involving the lower legs, which can be related to acquired chronic venous insufficiency or congenital arteriovenous malformations. In its most common presentation, acroangiodermatitis is seen in patients with chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limbs as an exaggeration of the stasis dermatitis. However, rare reports ...