OBJECTIVE To evaluate the indication of prosthesis during rehabilitation and the maintenance of their use or abandonment rate after discharge, as well as mortality of lower limb amputees due to peripheral arterial disease. METHODS A retrospective and cross-sectional study carried out with lower limb amputee patients, at transfemoral and transtibial levels, due to vascular conditions. The samp...

Unilateral, below-knee amputees have altered gait mechanics, which can significantly affect their mobility. Below-knee amputees lose the functional use of the ankle muscles, which are critical during walking to provide body support, forward propulsion, leg-swing initiation and mediolateral balance. Thus, either muscles must compensate or the prosthesis must provide the functional tasks normally...

83 ABSTRACT Amputation of a finger can lead to functional, psychological and social problems. Since decades, many treatment modalities have been tried for the rehabilitation of varying degrees of defect which range from self or adhesive retained acrylic or silicone prosthesis to osseointegrated implant retained finger prosthesis. Unfortunately, none of the treatment options has gained much acce...

A case of fatal thrombosis of Starr-Edwards mitral valve prosthesis associated with bacterial endocarditis is presented. The role of inadequate anticoagulation and bacterial endocarditis in the formation of massive thrombus on the valve prosthesis is discussed. The detection of disappearance of a dLstinct click sound in a patient with a previously functioning Starr-Edwards mitral valve prosthes...

BACKGROUND The combination of a neourethra and erection prosthesis in a single neophallus in the female-to-male transsexual remains a challenge. No good data are available on this subject. OBJECTIVE To report the outcome in 129 female-to-male transsexuals with a neophallus after the implantation of an erectile prosthesis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS From March 1996 until October 2007,...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to quantify the relationship between prosthesis size adjusted for patient size (prosthesis-patient size) and long-term survival after aortic valve replacement. METHODS Data from nine representative sources on 13,258 aortic valve replacements provided 69,780 patient-years of follow-up (mean 5.3 +/- 4.7 years), with reliable survival estimates to 15 years. Pr...

Objective: Using the Ley prosthesis, a 0.5 mm thick titanium alloy plate for stabilising the sternum, is a new method in the treatment of mediastinitis after open-heart surgery. We report a retrospective analysis of our experience with this device. Methods: One hundred consecutive cases of post-operative mediastinitis in the period 1992±1997 were reviewed. The primary procedure at reoperation f...

• Hard palate cancer is a rare malignant tumor. Different histological types have been described in the hard which can affect its different structures. A retrospective review of 4 patients who underwent Surgical resection by trans oral approach was performed for tumors palate. treatment choice variety surgical procedures that be used via approach. Survival rate depends on several factors, inclu...

In this paper after reviewing some previous studies, in order to optimize the above knee prosthesis, beside the inertial properties a new controlling parameter is informed. This controlling parameter makes the prosthesis able to act as a multi behavior system when the amputee is opposing to different environments. This active prosthesis with the new controlling parameter can simplify the contro...

BACKGROUND There has been no research investigating the use of powered prosthetic for children in Japan. OBJECTIVE To gain better insight into the state of powered prosthesis usage and identify a ratio of rejection among children. METHODS Subjects were 37 unilateral below elbow amputees between the ages of 0 and 16 at the time of their first experienced fitting with a powered prosthesis at ...