Experience in the organization of prosthetics and medical rehabilitation of service members with limb amputation
The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of medical rehabilitation and prosthetics of wounded service members with amputation defects of the limbs in a treatment and rehabilitation center’s conditions. Amputation defects of the lower extremities were found in 71.2% of the victims, the upper ones - in 18.7%, multiple amputations (from 2 to 4 limbs) - in 9.9% of the victims. There are three stages in the process of prosthetics and medical rehabilitation. The first includes medical rehabilitation in preparation for prosthetics, the second - directly prosthetics, the third - final rehabilitation with training in using the prosthesis. The timely use of reconstructive surgical interventions aimed at eliminating defects and diseases of the stumps of the extremities, the introduction of medical and training prosthetics, and the implementation of comprehensive medical rehabilitation at all stages of prosthetics made it possible to shorten the start of prosthetics by 2-3 weeks, improve the quality of life of patients - energy, sleep, emotional reactions, physical activity.