Amputations
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How to live with a prosthesis?
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
51 min
Until the beginning of the 20th century, amputations were performed in a context of vital risk to save the life of the injured.
Today, advances in medicine and surgery have made it possible to limit the number of these amputations, especially in emergency situations.
The decision is no longer always the result of an absolute necessity, but may possibly present a better functional result.
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Dr Patrick Knipper
, Surgeon specializing in plastic surgery and hand surgery at the
Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris
.
President of
Interplast-France Chirurgie Sans Frontières
, an NGO for reconstructive surgery in developing countries
Maurice Mabanza,
prosthetist, deputy director of
CPH-KIKESA vocational center for the disabled
.
KIKESA means courage, strength determination to overcome an obstacle in Kinshasa in the DRC
Anareme Kpandressi,
orthoprosthetist by training, educational manager of the training department of the national school of medical auxiliaries of Lomé (Enam) in Lomé in Togo, and member of the federal office of the African Federation of Rehabilitation Professionals (FATO).
The Lomé school is the only training structure in French-speaking Africa recognized by the international society of orthoprosthetists who manufacture prostheses in various fitting and rehabilitation services in Africa.
Maëlle Lintz
, amputated at the age of 14 because of bone cancer in her ankle.
She won 2 bronze medals at the European Para Youth Games in disabled swimming in Helsinki, Finland.
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