Background: Limb amputations are responsible for disability. We studied the outcomes of lower limb amputees in our daily practice. Methods: This prospective analytical study over 7 years (January 2009-December 2015) included 70 amputees of lower limb. They were mainly male (73%), aged on average of 42.4 AE 18.8 years. The mean time of follow-up was 3.2 AE 1.9 years. We assessed disability on balance, walking, disability in daily life for patients with prosthesis, and the socioeconomic impact of the amputation. Statistical analysis was performed with Chi 2 and Mann-Whitney tests; a p-value 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The average Timed Up and Go Test was 18.5 s. Class II of Pohjolainen subjects were the most recovered (37%). The mean Houghton score in the 17 fitted patients was 6.2 AE 2.0. Socially, 90% of the patients no longer practiced leisure activities, and 4/53 patients were no longer in a couple. At the economic level, 87% of patients had a decreased monthly income. Factors that bear direct correlation to functional outcome of patients were the level of amputation, and the prosthesis fitting. Conclusion: Lower limbs amputations entail adverse consequences at the functional and socioeconomic level. Our country must review its policy on prosthetic fittings for amputees, and vote laws that involve private firms and government in socioeconomic reintegration, and empowerment of these subjects.

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Décrit la première fois par Virchow en 1860, le liposarcome est une tumeur mésenchymateuse rare. Cette rareté est relative car les liposarcomes représentent quand même 14 à 18% de l'ensemble des tumeurs malignes des parties molles et ils constituent le plus fréquent des sarcomes des parties molles. Pour la majorité des auteurs, il ne se développerait jamais sur un lipome ou une lipomatose préexistant. Nous rapportons un cas de volumineux liposarcome de la face dorsale du tronc. L'histoire de la maladie, l'aspect clinique inhabituel « de tumeur dans tumeur », l'aspect de la pièce opératoire nous fait évoquer la possibilité de la transformation maligne d'un lipome bénin préexistant.