Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1130-1134 , July 2010

Osseocutaneous Integration of an Intraosseous Transcutaneous Amputation Prosthesis Implant Used for Reconstruction of a Transhumeral Amputee: Case Report

Received 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 22 March 2010.

References 

  1. Hagberg K, Häggström E, Jönsson S, Rydevik B, Brånemark R. Osseoperception and osseointegrated prosthetic limbs. In:  Gallagher P,  Desmond D,  Maclachlan M editor. Psychoprosthetics. London: Springer London; 2008;p. 131–140
  2. Brånemark PI, Albrektsson T. Titanium implants permanently penetrating human skin. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg. 1982;16:17–21
  3. Lundborg G, Brånemark PI, Rosen B. Osseointegrated thumb prostheses: a concept for fixation of digit prosthetic devices. J Hand Surg. 1996;21A:216–221
  4. Manurangsee P, Isariyawut C, Chatuthong V, Mekraksawanit S. Osseointegrated finger prosthesis: An alternative method for finger reconstruction. J Hand Surg. 2000;25A:86–92
  5. Doppen P, Solomons M, Kritzinger S. Osseointegrated finger prostheses. J Hand Surg. 2009;34B:29–34
  6. Aydin C, Karakoca S, Yilmaz H. Implant-retained digital prostheses with custom-designed attachments: a clinical report. J Prosthet Dent. 2007;97:191–195
  7. Aydin C, Karakoca S, Yilmaz H, Yilmaz C, Yamalik K. The use of dental implants to retain thumb prostheses: a short-term evaluation of 2 cases. Int J Prosthodont. 2008;21:138–140
  8. Brånemark R, Brånemark PI, Rydevik B, Myers RR. Osseointegration in skeletal reconstruction and rehabilitation: a review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2001;38:175–181
  9. Hagberg K, Brånemark R. One hundred patients treated with osseointegrated transfemoral amputation prostheses—rehabilitation perspective. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2009;46:331–344
  10. Sullivan J, Uden M, Robinson KP, Sooriakumaran S. Rehabilitation of the trans-femoral amputee with an osseointegrated prosthesis: the United Kingdom experience. Prosthet Orthot Int. 2003;27:114–120
  11. Pendegrass CJ, Gordon D, Middleton CA, Sun SN, Blunn GW. Sealing the skin barrier around transcutaneous implants: in vitro study of keratinocyte proliferation and adhesion in response to surface modifications of titanium alloy. J Bone Joint Surg. 2008;90B:114–121
  12. Pendegrass CJ, Goodship AE, Blunn GW. Development of a soft tissue seal around bone-anchored transcutaneous amputation prostheses. Biomaterials. 2006;27:4183–4191
  13. Pendegrass CJ, Goodship AE, Price JS, Blunn GW. Nature's answer to breaching the skin barrier: an innovative development for amputees. J Anat. 2006;209:59–67
  14. Dumanian GA, Ko JH, O'Shaughnessy KD, Kim PS, Wilson CJ, Kuiken TA. Targeted reinnervation for transhumeral amputees: current surgical technique and update on results. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009;124:863–869

 Some funding support was provided by Stanmore Implants Worldwide, the company that manufactured the ITAP implant (C.P. and G.B). G.B. is named as a co-inventor on the ITAP patent (U.S. 2007/0073412 A1) but receives no income or royalties related to this patent.

PII: S0363-5023(10)00384-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.03.037

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1130-1134 , July 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution