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Leprosy – Prosthetic implications

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A few castings…..<br />

Lower Extremity Amputation<br />

• Leg and foot spared at all costs.<br />

• Do not believe it will be better with<br />

out it.<br />

• Anesthetic patient with poor hand<br />

function.<br />

• Compared to traumatic amputees,<br />

much more difficult, often discarded.<br />

• Goal is to preserve stump with foot<br />

wear, orthoses as long as possible.<br />

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