Adrian Cristian 
Lower Limb Amputation [PDF ebook] 
A Guide to Living a Quality Life

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Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer and other diseases. Lower limb amputation is relatively common and has a profound impact on a person’s life, regardless of the cause. Feelings of loss and grief, difficulties in learning to walk with an artificial limb, and readjustment to an interrupted life all pose considerable challenges. Nevertheless, there are countless stories of people who have successfully overcome these problems.

This book provides the practical knowledge needed to cope with the life changes caused by lower limb amputation. It demystifies the medical process and technical jargon by using plain, easily understandable language. And it is the first book to combine medical, prosthetic, and psychosocial factors in one convenient volume, including:


  • Causes of lower limb amputation, especially diabetes, and ways to prevent further amputation

  • Surgical techniques for lower limb amputation

  • Learning to walk with a prosthesis

  • The unique challenges faced by children and elderly people living with an amputation

  • Exercising and sports with a lower limb prosthesis

  • And much more!


The outlook of this book is ultimately an optimistic one. Well-informed, knowledgeable individuals with amputations are better able to take care of themselves and are more effective self-advocates. This book gives them the tools they need to forge a productive, satisfying, and high-quality life.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Causes of Lower Limb Amputation
Prevention of Additional Amputations
Amputation Surgery
The Early Post-Surgical Period of Recovery
The Rehabilitation Unit and the Rehab Team
The Prosthesis
Walking with a Prosthesis
Returning Home with a Prosthesis
Problems Commonly Encountered by Lower Limb Amputees
Follow-up Visits to the Rehabilitation Clinic
The Older, Frail Amputee
The Bilateral Amputee
The Child with an Amputation
Sports and the Lower Limb Amputee
Coping with the Loss of a Limb
Glossary
References
Resources
Index

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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 324 ● ISBN 9781934559239 ● Dateigröße 1.4 MB ● Verlag Springer Publishing Company ● Erscheinungsjahr 2005 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 6007911 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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