A Device to Control Ambulation Pressure with Immediate Postoperative Prosthetic Fitting
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Prosthetic use and functional and social outcome following major lower limb amputation.
A total of 175 consecutive below and above-knee amputees sent to the prosthetic workshop in Helsinki for prosthetic fitting from 32 hospitals were reviewed to determine their functional ambulation and social adaptation. The average age of the patients was 62.2 years at the time of the prosthetic fitting. The mortality was 11% (19) during the first postoperative year. One-year postoperative info...
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