title: [Prosthetic management of the elderly following amputation of the lower extremities].
abstract: We report on 162 patients with one- or two-sided amputations above the ankle joint. Seventy-nine percent of these patients were candidates for artificial limbs; substantial differences are shown in respect to the height of the amputation: there are considerably more patients who can use a prosthesis after a lower leg amputation than after one- or two-sided upper leg amputation. Counterindications for prostheses were, on the whole, principally arterial scleroses. As expected, almost 95% of the one-side amputees, and approximately 100% of the (considerably younger) both-side amputees were discharged from hospital with a degree of self-sufficiency. Some of the patients not provided with an artificial limb were able to return home as well (87.5%). Absolute independence was seldom reached and social assistance had to be arranged for many amputees.
authors.affiliation: Leitender Arzt des Hagenhofs, Klinik für Rehabilitation, Langenhagen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lucke
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kleff
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Uber die prothetische Versorgung alter Menschen nach Amputation der unteren Extremitäten.