Amputation: Recovery and Rehabilitation - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Amputation can be devastating, leaving you with sadness, anger and grief at the loss of your independence and self-image. You might also be dealing with fear regarding the costs of medical care and the amputation’s impact on your career. You are not alone.
Amputee Coalition - Learn about amputation & prosthetic care
The Amputee Coalition is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for amputees and their families, improving patient care and preventing limb loss.
Amputation - Wikipedia
amputation of the clitoris (clitoridectomy). Hemicorporectomy, or amputation at the waist, and decapitation, or amputation at the neck, are the most radical amputations. Genital modification and mutilation may involve amputating tissue, although not necessarily as a …
Amputations: Types, Causes, Recovery Tips, and More - Healthline
2022年3月31日 · An amputation is a removal of all or a portion of a limb. A doctor may recommend this surgery approach due to chronic disease or a traumatic injury. Advancements in preventive...
Amputation: What It Is, Types, Risks & Recovery - Cleveland Clinic
Amputation is surgery to remove all or part of a body appendage, usually a limb or extremity (an arm, leg, hand or foot). You might need surgery to amputate a body part if it’s too sick or injured to save and it endangers other parts. You might also need surgery if you lose a body part in a traumatic accident.
National Limb Loss Resource Center® - Amputee Coalition
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Amputee Rehabilitation - Physiopedia
The ultimate goal of rehabilitation after limb loss is to ambulate successfully with the use of a prosthesis [4] and to return to a high level of social reintegration. However, many individuals after lower limb amputation have "poor physical function and psychosocial outcomes". [5]
Prosthetic FAQs for the New Amputee
A prosthesis is simply a tool. It is an artificial replacement for a missing limb or part of a limb that can help you regain independence after your amputation or if you are living with limb loss. Choosing to use (or not use) a prosthesis depends on your personal goals.
Amputee & Limb Loss Rehabilitation | Memorial Hermann
The Amputee and Limb Loss Rehabilitation Program prepares patients and their families to cope physically and psychologically with the traumatic or surgical loss of a limb or a congenital limb deficiency.
Amputation - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Amputation is the loss or removal of a body part such as a finger, toe, hand, foot, arm or leg. It can be a life changing experience affecting your ability to move, work, interact with others and maintain your independence. Continuing pain, phantom limb phenomena and emotional trauma can complicate recovery.