Munjed Al Muderis, Yao Chang Tan, William Lu, Kevin Tetsworth, Daniel Axelrod, Russel Haque, Muhammad Adeel Akhtar, Claudia Roberts, Karan Doshi, Shakib Al-Jawazneh, Jason Shih Hoellwarth
IMPORTANCE: Most patients use a traditional socket prosthesis (TSP) to ambulate independently following transtibial amputation. However, these patients generally require prosthesis repairs more than twice annually and an entirely new prosthesis every two years. Furthermore, transtibial amputation patients have four times the skin ulceration rate of transfemoral patients, prompting more frequent prosthesis refitting and diminished use. Trans-Tibial osseointegration (TTOI) is a promising technique to address the limitations of TSP, but remains understudied with only four cohorts totaling 41 total procedures reported previously...
April 22, 2024: Injury