Chapter 9 Amputations‚ Prostheses‚ Braces AMPUTATIONS AND PROSTHESES Amputations- may be the result of congenital limb deficiencies or may be acquired. Acquired amputations – are traumatic‚ ischemic‚ or surgical in origin. Surgical amputation – is an ancient procedure. *Amputation – is only the essential first step in a series of measures designed to achieve ultimately the maximum rehabilitation of the patient. Indication Welfare will be significantly improved by the removal of
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Management Patient With An Amputation Aries Nubla Amputation Is the removal of a body part‚ and most commonly a limb (Cheever & Hinkle‚ 2013). Used to relieve symptoms‚ improve functions and to save or improve the patient’s quality of life (Cheever & Hinkle‚ 2013). Can be elective due to complications of the vascular disease often of diabetes. ex. Gangrene‚ trauma (burns‚ crushing injury‚ electrical burns‚ frostbite‚ explosions) Vascular disease accounts for 82% of all amputations with 97% results in
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is challenging‚ but with the help of prosthetics it becomes easier. Prosthetics have evolved over time to do just that. No amputation is wanted but‚ just like my fathers‚ they are preformed if and when nesasarry. For those of you who don’t know what an amputation is‚ its the removal of a limb due to trauma‚ prolonged constriction‚ or excessive pain in that limb. Amputation is used a preventative measure from the spread of disease such as ganggrene or malignancy; also it is used to control pain and
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A Path to Amputation For Body Integrity Identity Patients In this paper‚ I will argue that amputation is an ethically appropriate medical intervention for patients with Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) as long as certain criteria are followed. My argument for this is based on the fact that it is every medical professional’s ethical responsibility to relieve patients from their suffering and there is an inherent lack of alternative solutions to treating BIID. It might be objected to this that
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BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION Below the knee amputation (BKA) is surgery to remove all or part of your foot or your leg below the knee cap. A below the knee amputation is a surgical procedure when the bottom part of the leg is removed with an incision below the knee. This is also known as a trans-tibial amputation. This procedure is recommended when a patient has a severely diseased or damaged lower leg that cannot be treated. Below-knee amputation is usually performed for extensive high-grade soft-tissue
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Amputation Mishap The Neighborhood News reports of a medical error at The Neighborhood Hospital. The report states a 62 year-old male patient underwent surgery to have his leg amputated only to discover the wrong leg was amputated during surgery. The newspaper article states the mishap is negligence. In the following paragraphs‚ negligence‚ gross negligence‚ and malpractice are discussed and determine if the newspaper’s statement of negligence is correct. Ethical principles in nursing and
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twice the outcome may be lethal and affects someone’s future. The challenge he deals with is called Traumatic Amputation‚ traumatic amputation is when a body part is blown off or removed in a harmful and forceful way. Some people that have experienced this are traumatized or scared about what happened‚ hence the name Traumatic amputation. Some people who have experienced traumatic amputation have thought less of themselves or seen themselves as weak because of their
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Phantom Pain‚” 2016). Even though the limb is gone‚ the pain is real. Phantom limb pain has different causes‚ different symptoms and different treatments. The exact cause of phantom limb pain is unclear. Doctors once believed this post-amputation phenomenon
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prescriptions‚ anesthesia‚ and amputations to save the lives of severely wounded soldiers. Even though medical decisions during the Civil war were gruesome and often pointless‚ and advanced our medical knowledge today. Civil war amputations‚ diseases‚ and disposal of the dead were some of the gruesome components of the time period‚ but it has advanced our medical knowledge today. Many doctors‚ however were unprepared to treat terrible wounds‚that resulted from amputations. The state of medical knowledge
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car; he reports he is not sure what exactly happened. He said he had a vacuum device on the left foot from a recent surgery and amputation to the left foot. He is not sure but felt he had the tubing tangle on the brake causing him to not be able to stop. After the accident he was admitted back into the hospital. He had further surgery to the left leg and an amputation below the knee. He also had a bruised sternum‚ fractured
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