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Women Lead Wonderful Lives After Mastectomy With Aid Of Breast Prosthesis

Houston, TX – November 3, 2010 – With the introduction of yearly mammograms, breast cancer awareness campaigns and proper diet education, more and more women are avoiding breast cancer. However, if breast cancer does develop, the survival rate is above 90 percent.

Most women lead perfectly normal lives after treatment. With the help of a full-service breast prosthesis boutique, post-mastectomy patients can still feel comfortable and go throughout their daily activities with confidence about their appearance.

LeTourneau Prosthetics is prepared to assist women in recovering from mastectomy. Besides making women feel good about themselves, the certified fitters can answer any questions that a woman might have about breast prostheses.

A mastectomy patient should receive direction from her physician to be fitted with a prosthesis anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks after surgery. Manufacturers have made so many improvements to prostheses and prosthetic bras in the last few years. Many breast forms, due to advanced materials, are lighter in weight than they used to be. They give women a natural look, feel and confidence they need. The lighter weight can make it easier to balance the prosthesis.

Because the symmetry of a woman's body can be disrupted after mastectomy, LeTourneau takes special care in balancing the breast form to mimic the size and weight of the opposite breast. An improperly fitted breast prosthesis can cause drooping of the shoulder on the prosthetic side. This in turn can cause shoulder, back and neck pain. By carefully examining the width, projection and weight of the healthy breast, a natural balance can be achieved that is comfortable. Many breast forms will warm to the temperature of a woman's body, adding more comfort.

LeTourneau Prosthetics can also fit prostheses after lumpectomy. The removal of cancerous tissue may cause a noticeable size difference. A prosthesis may help balance this slight variance in size and provide peace of mind about one's appearance.

As for style, LeTourneau Prosthetics carries a full line of European lingerie, remembering that a woman's femininity is as important as a proper and comfortable fit. No matter what your age or condition, they can find a prosthetic bra that fits your personality and goals.

The American Cancer Society suggests every woman receive a yearly mammogram after age 40. While more than 180,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, 80 percent opt to be fitted with breast prostheses.

LeTourneau Prosthetics offers free home fittings and handles all insurance paperwork and billing.

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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.

Prosthetics and Orthotics: Lower Limb and Spine List Price: $81.95 Sale Price: $64.74 You save: $17.21 (21%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description State Univ. of New York, Syracuse. Illustrated text features in-depth analysis of gait deviations, interventions, and implications for prosthetics and orthotics. Includes latest developments in materials and fabrications, scientific literature supporting evidence-based practice, terminology, and case studies. For students.

A Primer on Limb Prosthetics Sale Price: $30.95   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product

Limb Prosthetics Sale Price: $5.50   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item. See Reviews For This Product Description University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Health Sciences Center. Introductory handbook for physical and occupational therapy students, and residents in physical medicine and rehabilitation and orthopedic surgery.

A History of Limb Amputation List Price: $185.00 See Reviews For This Product Description This book opens with a unique historical review of natural amputations due to congenital absence, disease, frostbite, animal trauma, and to punishment and ritual. The advent of surgical amputation and its difficulties form a major part of the book, summarising the evolution of the control of haemorrhage and infection, pain relief, techniques, instrumentation, complications, prostheses, results and case histories. Alternative procedures, increasingly important in the last two centuries, are also debated.

Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics Sale Price: $189.00   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description The most outstanding feature of "Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics" is the demonstration of the practicality of biomechanics, when applied to lower limb prosthetics. Several original concepts are described, one of which, "rolling technology," has been implemented in prosthetic devices, while the principle of "reciprocal anti-resonance in locomotion" addresses future studies. A concept of anthropomorphicity presented by the author is a key tool in planning the design of an artificial limb or its components. Measurement procedures and equipment used in biomechanical laboratories are presented. The book demonstrates how the analysis of biomechanical data is a tool in the decision-making process of a prosthetic designer and clinician. The author shares his experience in the development of a protocol for biomechanics subject trials used in NIH-supported studies.

ISO 13405-3:1996, Prosthetics and orthotics -- Classification and description of prosthetic components -- Part 3: Description of upper-limb prosthetic components Sale Price: $82.00   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description Establishes a method for describing upper-limb prosthetic components. This title may contain less than 24 pages of technical content.

Upper-Limb Prosthetic Outcome Measures Sale Price: $94.18 See Reviews For This Product