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" Lower limb amputation : "
Adrian Cristian.
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BL
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981696
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b736066
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| Main Entry
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Cristian, Adrian,1964-
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| Title & Author
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Lower limb amputation : : a guide to living a quality life /\ Adrian Cristian.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Demos Medical Pub.,, ©2006.
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xi, 132 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1932603247
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: 9781932603248
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The causes of lower limb amputation -- Prevention of additional amputations -- Amputation surgery -- The early post-surgical period of recovery -- The rehabilitation unit and the "rehab" team -- The prosthesis -- Walking with a prosthesis -- Returning home with a prosthesis -- Problems commonly encountered by lower limb amputees -- Follow-up visits to the rehabilitation clinic -- The older, frail amputee -- The bilateral amputee -- The child with an amputation -- Sports and the lower limb amputee -- Coping with the loss of a limb.
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Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer and other diseases. Lower limb amputation is relatively common and has a profound impact on a person's life, regardless of the cause. Feelings of loss and grief, difficulties in learning to walk with an artificial limb, and readjustment to an interrupted life all pose considerable challenges. Nevertheless, there are countless stories of people who have successfully overcome these problems. This book provides the practical knowledge needed to cope with the life changes caused by lower limb amputation. It demystifies the medical process and technical jargon by using plain, easily understandable language. The first book to combine medical, prosthetic, and psychosocial factors in one convenient volume, it covers causes and ways to prevent further amputation; surgical techniques for lower limb amputation; learning to walk with a prosthesis; unique challenges faced by children and elderly people living with an amputation; exercising and sports with a lower limb prosthesis; and much more. - Publisher.
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Leg-- Amputation, Popular works.
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Amputation, Popular Works.
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Amputees, Popular Works.
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Amputees-- rehabilitation, Popular Works.
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Artificial Limbs, Popular Works.
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Lower Extremity, Popular Works.
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Prostheses and Implants, Popular Works.
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Leg-- Amputation.
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| Dewey Classification
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617.5/8
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| LC Classification
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RD560.C75 2006
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WE 170C933L 2006
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