Symposium|Amputation/Prothetik
Technik der Osseointegration - Rehabilitation, Langzeitergebnisse, Komplikationsmanagement

Zusammenfassung: Patients treated with OI-prostheses report significantly increased amount of prosthetic use. At 2-years follow-up 93% used the OI-prosthesis.

Zusammenfassung: Twenty years of experience of bone ancored upper-limb prosthesis indicate improved functionality due to the increased motion in the shoulder and elbow joints for short transhumeral and transradial level and improved gripfunction for thumb level. Patients state better quality of life and increased daily use of prosthetic device compaired with previous conventional prostheses. For thumb amputation there is no good prosthetic alternative.

Zusammenfassung: Since 1999 40 patients in Lübeck have been treated with EEFP. The results of a retrospective study including 20 patients using the EEFP for one year or longer show a significantly increased mobility level and quality of life as well as less problems in everyday use.

Zusammenfassung: Complications and number of remedial treatment could be reduced by changing the prosthesis design.

Zusammenfassung: This presentation will report on how to deal with complications when using bone anchored amputation prostheses as well as report on the long term results from the experience with this treatment since 1990