Lower Limb Amputation A Guide to Living a Quality Life

Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease,ancer and other diseases. Lower limb amputation is relatively common and has profound impact on a person's life, regardless of the cause. Feelings ofoss and grief, difficulties in learning to walk with an artificial limb, andeadjustment to an interrupted life all pose considerable challenges.evertheless, there are countless stories of people who have successfullyvercome these problems. This book provides the practical knowledge needed toope with the life changes caused by lower limb amputation. It demystifieshe medical process and technical jargon by using plain, easilynderstandable language. And it is the first book to combine medical,rosthetic, and psychosocial factors in one convenient volume, including:auses of lower limb amputation, especially diabetes, and ways to preventurther amputation; Surgical techniques for lower limb amputation; Learningo walk with a prosthesis; The unique challenges faced by children andlderly people living with an amputation; Exercising and sports with a lowerCristian, Adrian is the author of 'Lower Limb Amputation A Guide to Living a Quality Life', published 2005 under ISBN 9781932603248 and ISBN 1932603247.