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Provision of Prosthetic Services Following Lower Limb Amputation in Malaysia
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences ; : 106-111, 2017.
Article Dans Anglais | WPRIM | ID: wpr-629076
ABSTRACT
The incidence of lower limb amputation is high across the globe and continues to be a major threat to morbidity and mortality. Consequently, the provision of high quality and effective prosthetics services have been known as an essential component for a successful rehabilitation outcome. In Malaysia, amputation prevalence has been increasing in which several main components of service delivering aspects (such as service intervention, prosthetic personnel) should be anticipated to accommodate for the increasing demand. This article highlights the hurdles experienced in providing prosthetic services in Malaysia from multiple aspects such as financial burden to acquire the prosthesis and lack of expertise to produce quality prosthesis. This paramount issues consequently justify for the urgency to carry out national level survey on the current statistics of lower limb amputation and to ascertain the available workforce to provide a quality prosthetics services. Only with accurate and current information from the national survey, strategies and policies aimed at enhancing the outcome from prosthetics services can be achieved.

Texte intégral: Disponible Indice: WPRIM (Pacifique occidental) langue: Anglais Texte intégral: Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences Année: 2017 Type: Article

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Texte intégral: Disponible Indice: WPRIM (Pacifique occidental) langue: Anglais Texte intégral: Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences Année: 2017 Type: Article