Three-dimensional-printed upper limb prosthesis for a child with traumatic amputation of right wrist: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

For traumatic upper limb amputees, the prohibitive cost of a custom-made prosthesis brings an insufferable financial burden for their families in developing countries. Three-dimensional (3D) printing allows for creating affordable, lightweight, customized, and well-fitting prosthesis, especially for the growing children.

Patient concerns

We presented a case of an 8-year-old boy, who suffered a traumatic right wrist amputation as result of a mincing machine accident. The patient was immediately sent to the emergency orthopedics department after the accident.

Diagnoses

He was diagnosed as severed mangled limb crash injury at the level of the right wrist with a Mangled Extremity Severity Score of 8.

Interventions

A wrist disarticulation was performed and

SUBMITTER: Xu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6392638 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature