Chladek Orthotic & Prosthetic Assoc., Inc.of Des Moines and Clive, Iowa and
Advance Systems of Overland Park, Kansas join the over 37 other facilities
located in 21 states across the USA, whom have provided prosthetic
rehabilitation to Ertl amputees and are listed on ErtlReconstruction.com
Over 23 physicians have also registered on the Ertl Reconstruction web site,
their participation and support in performing the Ertl Osteomyoplastic
amputation and reconstruction surgery to the appropriate patients.
All physicians, prosthetists or Ertl amputees, wishing to be registered
please contact the below for details.
Forward-thinking surgeons are seeking input from prosthetists and other
practitioners in developing techniques that will improve functional outcomes
in amputees.
By: Charles Kupperman
Surgical techniques that fail to anticipate an amputee’s functional needs
are in part to blame for a disappointing lack of improvement in prosthetic
outcomes over the last four decades. But a new generation of surgeons is
working to reverse this trend.
Prosthetic outcomes for amputees haven’t improved over the past 40 years,
according to a new study by a team from the Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic.
Not only that, but rates of amputation appear primed to double by 2030, the
researchers warned. In their study, published in the October issue of the
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, they predict an increase
in the rates of amputation from 28,000 to 58,000 per year over the next 27
years.
“This is kind of a depressing thing for me,” said Karen Andrews, MD, one of
the study’s principal authors. Andrews, chair of amputee rehabilitation, had
expected the study to conclude that advances in prosthetic technology had
led to a significant improvement in outcomes.
More available at:
http://www.biomech.com/db_area/archives/2003/0302.cover.bio.shtml
Anthony T. Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ErtlReconstruction.com
561-394-6514
