ABSTRACT
Studies were carried out on 474 patients who were suffering from above knee amputations. They were classified according to their sources of references, ages, and distributions, types of prosthesis used and durability of their limbs. It was found that military service patients, and national health insurance patients constituted most of referred patients, other patients came from veterans and private sources. More than half of these patients were young aged. The prosthesis-sused were partially quadrilateral and partially total contact sockets, The production of plastic sockets was three times than that of wooden sockets, and also proved to be more durable. Most of the knees used were provided with constant friction single axis which, proved to be satisfactory. Our limbs were also provided with SACH foot, which proved to be significantly more durable than the other types previously used
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Amputation, Surgical/rehabilitationABSTRACT
A study was made during 1978 on 813 patients complaining from below knee asputation and attending to our center for fitting with artificial limb. The study showed that most of our patient were referred from military hospitals, health insurance hospitals and less than 10% from private. The most common age incidence of ampulations was from 20 to 30 years in military and civilian patients, the common cause of ampulation was due to trauma. Our production from patellar tendon-bearing prosthesis was four times than that of conventional type. Our prosthesis were significantly durable and fitted well to our patients. Most of the patients used their artificial limbs efficiently specially those who were fitted with P.T.B. prosthesis