Immediate operative fitting of upper limb prosthesis at the time of amputation

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Abstract
Three patients are described–-2 with an above-elbow amputation and 1 with a through-wrist amputation–-in whom a temporary prosthesis was applied on the operating table and in all of whom function was rapidly established. The patients did not become one-handed, with the result that they have all continued to wear their prosthesis throughout their working hours and use their artificial hand for all everyday functions. The value of this technique in making the patient accept the prosthesis and therefore to make full use of it suggests that this procedure should be more widely applied in patients who require upper limb amputation.

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