Transtibial osseointegration following unilateral traumatic amputation: An observational study of patients with at least two years follow-up.

Importance: Most patients use a traditional socket prosthesis (TSP) to ambulate independently following transtibial amputation. However, these patients generally require prosthesis repairs more than twice annually and an entirely new prosthesis every two years. Furthermore, transtibial amputation patients have four times the skin ulceration rate of transfemoral patients, prompting more frequent prosthesis refitting and diminished use.

Transtibial Osseointegration for Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease: A Case Series of 6 Patients with Minimum 3-Year Follow-up.

Unlabelled: The management of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) can require amputation. Osseointegration surgery is an emerging rehabilitation strategy for amputees. In this study, we report on 6 patients who had PVD requiring transtibial amputation (PVD-TTA) and either simultaneous or subsequent osseointegration (PVD-TTOI).

Osseointegrated reconstruction and rehabilitation of transtibial amputees: the Osseointegration Group of Australia surgical technique and protocol for a prospective cohort study.

Introduction: Lower extremity amputation uniformly impairs a person's vocational, social and recreational capacity. Rehabilitation in traditional socket prostheses (TSP) is associated with a spectrum of complications involving the socket-residuum interface which lead to reduced prosthetic use and quality of life. Osseointegration has recently emerged as a novel concept to overcome these complications by eliminating this interface and anchoring the prosthesis directly to bone.