Prosthetic rehabilitation can assist with a huge variety of cases large and small, all of which can enhance the quality of life for the patient.
Due to the intensely personal nature of our work, images of it are not usually publicly available, however some of our patients have kindly agreed to the use of the pictures shown here for which we are very grateful.
The following examples give some indication of the breadth of work we are able to do.
Please also see our Case Studies Archive for further examples.
Case Study 8
Situation:
Patient suffered from a carcinoma of the nose.
Standard implants could not be used in this case due to the location and the need for radiotherapy.
Solution:
A silicon prosthesis, attached magnetically to an acrylic substructure, was fitted.
The magnetic attachment significantly increases the life of the prosthesis as well as making it much easier to fit and maintain.
Case Study 7
Situation:
Patient had a right breast mastectomy followed by a breast reconstruction using The IGAP flap (inferior gluteal artery perforator).This is an autologous tissue flap procedure that uses fat and skin from your lower buttock to create a new breast mound. Unfortunately it resulted in reduced breast volume and no nipple on that side.
Solution:
A silicone prosthesis was made to restore breast contour and nipple.
Case Study 6
Situation:
Patient suffered from a congenital deformity which affected the muscle in her right buttock area.
Solution:
A prosthetic piece was created to perfectly fit the patient’s buttock area.
Case Study 5
Situation:
Patient suffered from a severe orbital defect.
Solution:
An adhesive retained prosthesis was replaced with branemark implants placed around the supra orbital area, with magnet retention for the hand crafted acrylic eye, restoring a balanced appearance to the patient’s face.
Case Study 4
Situation:
Patient suffered from trauma injury to the right hand casing absence of the little finger.
Solution:
A prosthetic finger for everyday wear was created to replace the missing digit.
Case Study 3
Situation:
Patient suffered loss of the soft tissue of her lower leg shin area due to traumatic injury (dog attack).
Solution:
A gel-filled leg contour prosthetic was made which is held in place by her tights
Case Study 2
Situation:
Patient suffered congenital loss of her right ear.
Solution:
Oessiointegrated Titanium Implants were fitted (seen being tightened in picture one). Her prosthesis is now held in place by gold clips that attach to the gold bar. This method of retaining a prosthesis gives excellent retention and most patients find it easy to cope with.
Case Study 1
Situation:
Patient had a tumour removed, resulting in the exenteration (removal of eye and surrounding eyelids and tissue) of her eye.
Solution:
A gel filled orbital prosthesis was made, which stays in place by the
use of the undercuts in her resulting socket.
Some images reproduced by kind permission of the
Medical Illustration Department, University Hospitals of Leicester.