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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Wait... Do you need to cut limbs a certain way to get prosthetics?

That is news to me.

Totally they were custom to every stump - which explained why I heard they are so expensive

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    They are still custom because people aren't all exactly the same shape and size even before amputations. That said though I presume you don't want small pieces of bones or like partial smaller bones beneath a prosthesis. Like it makes sense to keep fingers on a hand. But if it's just an arm then wrist bones that doesn't seem ideal. I'm not a doctor. But it seems to me if you have a choice how a limb is severed there's probably a "best" way to do it.

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