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Clinical Appraisal of Indigenous Below Knee Endoskeletal Carbon Fibre Prosthesis
A K Pithawa1, Gurjit Singh2, G Ravindranath3
1Classified Specialist (Surgery & Prosthetic Surgery), CH(EC), Kolkata.
Background:
Amputation is a catastrophe, which results in physical, social, psychological and economic handicap. Provision of suitable prosthesis (artificial limb) is a major step towards rehabilitation of these patients.
Methods:
With an aim to provide comfortable, prosthesis to these patients, Artificial Limb Centre (ALC) Pune, developed Below Knee Carbon Fibre Shaft Endo-Skeletal (BK ES CF) Prosthesis in collaboration with DEBEL, Bangalore, a DRDO establishment. 815 Below Knee Amputee patients have been provided with the newly developed Endo-skeletal prostheses at ALC Pune till 31 Dec 2003. New BK ESCF prosthesis was evaluated for its performance by feedback received from 500 patients.
Results:
More than 86% patients were satisfied with the performance of new prosthesis and they achieved almost normal gait.
Conclusion:
The performance of new BK ESCF prostheses was excellent and it achieved good clientele satisfaction.
