the art of prosthetic fitting

Every case is special. Every prosthetic fitting must be considered anew. However, if not one but all four limbs are missing, the prosthetist is faced with special challenges. This case involved a Tunisian who lost all his limbs in an electrical accident In the western world, one would quickly come to the conclusion that a chin-controlled wheelchair should be used in order to create a minimum level of independence for the amputee. But in Tunisia, a country with low purchasing power parity and an income that is often less than USD 300 per month, this is not possible. Even setting up donations for such a wheelchair would possibly miss the target. This is because the roads and living spaces are not paved like ours and you wouldn’t get very far. This makes the initiative of Saphenability around CTO Aaron and Christian all the more admirable to gradually provide the supplies for the quadruple amputee. After the leg prostheses were fitted in an earlier attempt, the focus is now on the arms. Here, too, Aaron is coming up with lots of ideas to give the amputee back as much health literacy as possible. And there is one thing you can always learn from a prosthetist: there is no such thing as satisfaction with the fitting – only an approximation.