Oji River Settlement - Report on the Patella-Tendon Below-Knee Prostheses Project

The Fitting of a Patellar‐tendon‐bearing Prosthesis 47 Years After the Original Below‐knee Amputation*

“…Witteck described patients who had worn the same prostheses for 15 years and who had been fitted with a PTB prosthesis 16 years after the original amputation (3). One patient who had not had prostheses previously, walked for the first time with bilateral PTB prostheses 15 years after the original bilateral below‐knee amputations (9).…”