title: Successful fitting of a prosthesis for a child amputee suffering from scleroderma.
abstract: A few anecdotal cases of limb amputations owing to scleroderma have been described in the literature. This article outlines the salient problematic features of a residual stump and provides the prosthetic considerations and appropriate design that eventually facilitated ambulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Rehabilitation, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. heim2@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warshavsky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Siev-Ner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azaria
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000674:Amputees; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D016138:Walking