What is it about?
Treatment of individuals with lower extremity amputations with bone-anchored prostheses using titanium osseointegration implants appears safe and shows functional improvements compared to preoperative socket prosthesis use.
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Why is it important?
This is the first study to report on a larger cohort of individuals with transtibial or very short transfemoral amputations, showing that these subcohorts can also benefit from bone-anchored prosthesis treatment.
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This page is a summary of: Safety, prosthesis wearing time and health-related quality of life of lower extremity bone-anchored prostheses using a press-fit titanium osseointegration implant: A prospective one-year follow-up cohort study, PLOS One, March 2020, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230027.
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