Osteointegración con el sistema Keep Walking Advanced® en una paciente amputada transfemoral

Approximately one third of patients with a transfemoral amputation will have chronic problems related to the fitting of the prosthesis. More than two thirds (72%) of amputees report sweating or feeling hot because of the socket, 62% report skin lesions or skin irritation of the stump, 53% stump fatigue, 51% stump pain and 38% do not use the prosthesis. Osseointegration is a technique that avoids these problems in the patient's skin, allowing direct anchoring of the prosthesis to the intramedullary implant placed in the patient's femur. We report the case of a 38-year-old transfemoral amputee who underwent implantation of the Keep Walking Advanced® implant to improve the use of the prosthesis without the need for socket fitting.