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Study shows lasting benefits of bone-anchored leg prostheses – News-Medical.Net
After above-knee amputation, there is the option of a prosthesis that is placed directly in the thigh bone (osseointegration).
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 6 2020
After above-knee amputation, there is the option of a prosthesis that is placed directly in the thigh bone (osseointegration). Despite the fact that bone-anchored prostheses have been used for thirty years, researchers at the Radboud University Medical Center have now published the first long-term evaluation of such a prosthesis. It turns out that the procedure is not without stoma problems, but that these can usually be treated with simple measures …
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