Pascual Gómez Felipe
An R Acad Nac Med (Madr). 2003;120(3):593-607; discussion 608-11.
Deficiency or loss of limbs is bound to human history. From the beginning of the human race, prosthetics solutions have been researched for amputations. With the mutilation of the lower limb, walking, one of the most important functions in the human being is lost. The main object of surgical amputation is not only to save the life, but also to create a new organ, the stump, in order to adapt a prosthetic limb, so that the patient is able to walk again. Most prostheses in the past have been lost like useless objects. Some models that have been saved for the clinical practice, allow us to present the biggest advances in prosthetic technique evolution in last time.
肢体残缺与人类历史相伴相生。自人类诞生之初，便开始研究针对截肢的假肢解决方案。下肢残缺会导致人类最重要的功能之一——行走能力丧失。外科截肢的主要目的不仅是挽救生命，还在于创造一个新的器官——残肢，以便适配假肢，使患者能够重新行走。过去，大多数假肢都像无用之物一样被丢弃。如今保存下来的一些用于临床实践的模型，让我们得以展示假肢技术在过去一段时间里取得的最大进展。
