title: Bilateral below-knee amputee 107 years old and still wearing artificial limbs.
abstract: It is not often that a person over 100 years old is able to walk on artificial limbs and maintain their mobility and independence after going through bilateral below-knee amputation. This case note is about a 107 year old lady with bilateral below-knee amputation, who is perhaps the oldest surviving bilateral below-knee amputee in the British Isles, if not in the World. There does not appear to be any reference in the literature to a bilateral below-knee amputee of 100 years old plus, who is still alive and wearing his or her artificial limbs. The nearest is of a 91 year old lady with bilateral below-knee amputation and wearing artificial limbs, reported by Gerhardt et al, 1986.
authors.affiliation: Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre, Brighton.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Saadah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D007866:Leg; D011474:Prosthesis Design