WHO NEEDS PROSTHETICS
Studies reveal that the main cause of limbs loss are due to diseases that affect the nerves of the limbs such as diabetes and cardiovascular disorder resulting in amputation. Meanwhile, a smaller group caused by trauma like vehicular accidents falls, violence and cancer form the other reasons.
Patients who have been diagnosed with osteoporosis, a disease that causes the bones to be brittle, may also need prostheses as the disease progresses.