Lower Extremity Prosthetic

Amputation is an acquired condition resulting in the loss of a limb, usually from an injury, illness or surgery. Congenital (present at birth) deficiency occurs when the baby is born without limbs or part of a limb. In the U.S., 82 percent of amputations are due to diseases vascular, 22 percent of trauma, 4 percent are congenital, and 4 percent are due to tumors. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), about 1.9 million people in the U.S. live with an amputation, with approximately 113,000 lower limb amputations performed each year.

The peripheral arterial disease (PAD) due to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is the leading cause of amputation in people aged 50 years and represents up to 90 percent of amputations. PAD causes the blood vessels in the limbs that are damaged due to hardening of the arteries or diabetes. The cells within your body depends on a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients that they receive their blood. If your blood vessels are unable to supply blood and oxygen to the fingers or toes, cells and tissues die and are vulnerable to infection. If the blood supply can not be improved sufficiently or if the tissue can be recovered, the extensive tissue death may require amputation, especially if you are experiencing severe pain or infection.

An injury like an accident car or a severe burn can also destroy blood vessels and cause tissue death. If the infection is not treated properly, can spread through your body and threaten your life. The medical team will do everything possible to save the limb after surgical replacement or repair of blood vessels damaged or the use of donor tissue. If these measures do not work, amputation can save your life. Traumatic injuries are the most common cause of amputations in people under 50 years of age.

A doctor may recommend amputation if you have a cancerous tumor in his leg. Chemotherapy, radiation or other treatments can be used to destroy cancer cells. These treatments can reduce the tumor and may increase the effectiveness of amputation.

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Lower-Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics: Clinical Concepts List Price: $55.95 Sale Price: $50.35 You save: $5.60 (10%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Not yet published See Reviews For This Product Description   Lower-Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics: Clinical Concepts is a comprehensive overview of lower-limb prosthetics and orthotics, covering normal and pathological gait, lower-limb biomechanics, clinical applications, as well as prosthetic and orthotic designs and components. Joan Edelstein and Alex Moroz have written Lower-Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics with the clinician’s perspective in mind. Clinical management is incorporated throughout the text, including basic surgical concepts, postoperative management, preprosthetic care, and training in the use of devices. Additionally, this text incorporates unique features relevant to physicians such as prescription writing and prosthetic and orthotic construction and modification, as well as, the latest research regarding energy consumption and long-term utilization of prostheses. Chapters Include:   Orthotics in neuromuscular diseases Orthotics in pediatrics Functional expectations Gait and activities training Transtibial and transfemoral prostheses and components Transtibial and transfemoral biomechanics, evaluation, and gait analysis Disarticulations and Bilateral Amputations   With over 150 line drawings and photographs to supplement the text, Lower-Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics: Clinical Concepts is ideal for clinicians in the fields of physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopedics, vascular surgery, physical therapy and occupational therapy.

Lower Extremity Amputation: A Guide to Functional Outcomes in Physical Therapy Management List Price: $129.25 Sale Price: $14.50 See Reviews For This Product Description . National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Publication Series. New edition of a manual for physical therapists and students on planning and managing the therapy of amputee patients. Hard-cover spiral binding.