Amputations and Prosthetics Flashcards
What are the 8 types of UE amputations?
- Forequarter
- Shoulder dislocation
- Transhumeral
- Elbow disarticulation
- Transraidial
- Wrist disarticulation
- Partial hand
- Digital amputation
What is surgical removal of the upper extremity including the shoulder girdle?
Forequarter
What is surgical removal of the UE through the shoulder?
Shoulder disarticulation
What is surgical removal of the upper extremity proximal to the elbow joint?
Transhumeral
What is surgical removal of the lower arm and hand through through the elbow joint?
Elbow disarticulation
What is surgical removal of the upper extremity distal to the elbow joint?
Transradial
What is surgical removal of the hand through the wrist joint?
Wrist disarticulation
What is surgical removal of a portion of the hand and/or digits at either the transcarpal, transmetacarpal or transphalangeal level?
Partial hand
What is surgical removal of a digit at either the metacarpophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal or distal interphalangeal level?
Digital Amputation
What are the 9 types of LE amputation?
- hemicorporectomy
- Hemipelvectomy
- Hip Disarticulation
- Transfemoral
- Knee disarticulation
- Transtibial
- Syme’s
- Transverse Tarsal (Chopart’s)
- Tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc)
What is surgical removal of the pelvis and both lower extremities?
Hemicorporectomy
What is surgical removal of one half of the pelvis and lower extremity?
Hemipelvectomy
What is surgical removal of the lower extremity from the pelvis?
Hip Disarticulation
What is surgical removal of the lower extremity above the knee joint?
Transfemoral
What is surgical removal of the lower extremity through the knee joint?
Knee disarticulation