Re: [SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations
LeeAllan Gutshall
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Re: [SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations
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LeeAllan Gutshall
Date:
3/13/2000
Text:
Please take me off this list. Thanks. LeeAllan
----- Original Message -----
From: Massimiliano Zecca < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: [SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations
> Dear List Members,
>
> strangely (but not so much) I've received just _one_ answer to my
> question about the number of hand amputation during last year, the
> cause of amputation, the kind of prosthesis they wear, ecc. (thank
> you Gerry):
>
> > W. Bennet Wilson in Limb Prosthetics gives the following
> > percentages:
> > Shoulder Disarticulation-1%
> > Above Elbow-2%
> > Elbow Disartic-.2%
> > Below Elbow-4.4%
> > Wrist Disarticulation-.7%
> > Partial Hand-2%
> > This is among all amputees in the US. Most countries have an
> > amputation rate at about 1/1000.
> > I could not find percentages on cause but most are trauma.
>
> Well, that's all.
>
> Best Regards,
> Massimiliano
>
> -- Massimiliano Zecca ----------------------------------
> PhD Student in Biomedical Robotics
> MiTech Lab - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
>
> INAIL RTR Center
> Via della Vetraia, 7 - I-55049 Viareggio (LU) - Italy
> Voice: +39 0584 385372 mailto:<Email Address Redacted>
> Fax: +39 0584 385359 <URL Redacted>
>
>
----- Original Message -----
From: Massimiliano Zecca < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: [SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations
> Dear List Members,
>
> strangely (but not so much) I've received just _one_ answer to my
> question about the number of hand amputation during last year, the
> cause of amputation, the kind of prosthesis they wear, ecc. (thank
> you Gerry):
>
> > W. Bennet Wilson in Limb Prosthetics gives the following
> > percentages:
> > Shoulder Disarticulation-1%
> > Above Elbow-2%
> > Elbow Disartic-.2%
> > Below Elbow-4.4%
> > Wrist Disarticulation-.7%
> > Partial Hand-2%
> > This is among all amputees in the US. Most countries have an
> > amputation rate at about 1/1000.
> > I could not find percentages on cause but most are trauma.
>
> Well, that's all.
>
> Best Regards,
> Massimiliano
>
> -- Massimiliano Zecca ----------------------------------
> PhD Student in Biomedical Robotics
> MiTech Lab - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
>
> INAIL RTR Center
> Via della Vetraia, 7 - I-55049 Viareggio (LU) - Italy
> Voice: +39 0584 385372 mailto:<Email Address Redacted>
> Fax: +39 0584 385359 <URL Redacted>
>
>
Citation
LeeAllan Gutshall, “Re: [SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/214004.
