Traumatic Transfemoral Amputation with Concomitant Ipsilateral Proximal Femoral Fracture

Transfemoral Amputations: The Effect of Residual Limb Length and Orientation on Gait Analysis Outcome Measures

“…Optimal length of the remaining femur following transfemoral amputation trends toward length preservation 2,4,[18][19][20] . The minimum length of a functional residual limb is around onethird of the intact femur length 19 , allowing for enough length to retain the potential for prosthesis use and fitting as a transfemoral amputation rather than as a hip disarticulation.…”

Length-Preserving Intramedullary Femoral Fixation for Traumatic Leg Amputation

“…T he literature in support of maintaining the residual limb length for the best prosthetic fit is extensive [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] . Maintaining length in a situation of a grossly contaminated injury is not without its risks.…”

“…To our knowledge, the cases of only two patients with a femoral fracture treated proximal to an amputation at the level of the femur have been reported, and each of them was treated with pediatric flexible nails 13 . We present a short retrograde femoral nail as a surgical option to fix a femoral shaft fracture proximal to a traumatic amputation.…”

To Compare the Effect of Vertical Ground Reaction force in Conventional below Knee Prosthesis Versus Modular below Knee Prosthesis on Unilateral Transtibial Amputee Patients

“…[9] The amputees experience the following four themes: 'lost in the dark woods', 'emotional collapse', 'difficulty in passing through the shadow' and 'ignition a gleam of hope'. [10] The loss of a body part primarily can cause physical, psychological and social disturbance, the majority of previous researches in this area focused on the effective rehabilitation program [11]. People with amputations will receive a new prosthetic limb once every 2 years throughout their lifetime, and will see their prosthetist between 4 and 9 times per year.…”

“…As a general rule applicable to both upper and lower extremities, the more distal the level of amputation, better are the results with regard to overall function and efficiency of walking. [15,16,17] Further patients who have a lower extremity amputation, can be maintained at a transtibial level will have more efficient gait and better weight bearing(vgrf) function compared to those who have a transfemoral amputation. Therefore an adequate soft tissue envelope with proper skeletal length is important to maintain optimal physiotherapy outcomes and weight bearing.…”