[SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations
Massimiliano Zecca
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Title:
[SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations
Creator:
Massimiliano Zecca
Date:
3/13/2000
Text:
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>
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
Massimiliano Zecca, “[SUMMARY] Statistics about amputations,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/214005.
