Lower limb amputation : a guide to living a quality life / Adrian Cristian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cristian, Adrian, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leg--Amputation--Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 demystifie

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-97501-X

9786611975012

1-934559-23-7

OCLC:

476045415