Etiology of Amputation

Nielsen, Caroline C.; Jorge, Milagros

doi:10.1016/b978-1-4377-1936-9.00017-5

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“…Limb loss resulting from acquired amputation is often due to disease, injury or surgery, whereas congenital limb loss is present at birth (2,3). Lower limb amputations account for 84% of total amputations, while upper limb amputation account for only 16% (4).…”

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Provision of Prosthetic Services Following Lower Limb Amputation in Malaysia

Arifin

Hasbollah

Hanafi

et al. 2017

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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.

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“…Amputation not only affects a person physically and psychologically, but also presents a major challenge for the nation (2,8). Amputations contribute significantly to the increasing cost of healthcare systems globally, with the annual cost of lower extremity amputations in the United States reaching USD4.3 billion (5).…”

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confidence: 99%