In an era of unparalleled surgical progress, amputations have been to a large measure neglected.
Surgeons can take little credit for improved rehabilitation of the amputee.
Spectacular improvements in prosthetics together with attentive post surgical therapy are largely responsible for upgraded amputee care. Immediate postsurgical fitting has forcibly brought to the attention of the surgeon the need for thoughtful planning and precise technique. Reconstruction and rehabilitation become an intrinsic part of the operative technique. The kindling of surgical interest in this statistically important area goes hand in hand with immediate postsurgical fitting management. This is further translated to greater interest in limb substitutes on the part of the surgeon, an area of vast ignorance among many who perform the amputation.