Syme's amputation. Follow-up study of weight-bearing in sixty-eight patients.
Sixty-eight patients with Syme amputations resulting from industrial injuries were reviewed. The amount of end-weight-bearing was measured with a capacitance transducer. The majority of patients required fitting with a prosthesis designed to relieve end-weight-bearing. The old-fashioned prosthesis with a leather corset was the most effective in achieving reduction of end-weight-bearing.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D005246:Feedback; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014159:Transducers