Transfemoral Amputation

Risks & contraindications

Evidence quality

Where it comes from

Highlighted claims

• Trauma was the most common cause of transfemoral amputation in this cohort, accounting for 70% of patients. — Non-infectious skeletal complications in the lower extremity after treatment with a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective observational study
• The mean follow-up after Stage 2 was 13.2 years, and more than half of the cohort had at least 10 years of follow-up. — Non-infectious skeletal complications in the lower extremity after treatment with a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective observational study
• People with lower-limb amputations are known to have an increased long-term risk of contralateral hip and knee osteoarthritis and ipsilateral osteopenia or osteoporosis. — Non-infectious skeletal complications in the lower extremity after treatment with a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective observational study
• Osteoarthritis prevalence was likely underestimated in this study because radiographs and standard OA symptom screening were not routinely performed. — Non-infectious skeletal complications in the lower extremity after treatment with a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective observational study
• Increased fall risk after lower-limb amputation may contribute to the elevated fracture rates observed in amputees. — Non-infectious skeletal complications in the lower extremity after treatment with a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective observational study
• Patients with transfemoral BAPs may have higher risks of femur fracture and arthroplasty surgery than the general population, but larger comparative studies are needed to confirm this. — Non-infectious skeletal complications in the lower extremity after treatment with a transfemoral bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective observational study