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Prosthetic Overview

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Qualifications:

  Education Requirements
    American Board for Certification (ABC) in Orthotics & Prosthetics requires:
        1) A Bachelor’s of Science degree
        2) A Postgraduate Certificate of Education in Orthotics and/or Prosthetics
        3) A One Year Clinical Experience Supervised by an ABC Practitioner
        4) After completion of the one year residency, the candidate must pass written and
         practical exams
    Ohio Licensure Requirements
         American Board Certification + Continuing Education

Our facilities meet the requirements of the American Board for Certification by maintaining high standards of technical competence and ethical practice. We are proud to say Fidelity Orthopedic was one of the first facilities in the country to receive this accreditation.

Our Prosthetics Lab

What makes us a different kind of Prosthetic Facility? In addition to using the best Central Fabrication facilities available to the prosthetic community we also have two Registered Prosthetic Technicians on staff which allows us the flexibility of fabricating devices at our facility for even quicker turn-around times.
Our lead technician has had almost nineteen years of experience with Fidelity Orthopedic. Our technicians have taken board exams to become “registered technicians” and must complete continuing education hours annually to maintain their status with the American Board for Certification in Prosthetics.

Amputation Facts:

• There are about 350,000 amputees living in the US, with about 135,000 new amputations each year.
• The peak age for amputations is between 41 and 70 years of age, with 75 percent of all amputations occurring in people over the age of 65.
• Amputation rates are higher in males than in females.
• African-Americans with diabetes have a 2.3 times greater rate of amputation that Caucasians with diabetes
• 80% of adult patients with amputations have vascular disease
• 75% of this group also has diabetes
• Congenital limb deficiencies account for about 50% of patients under the age of 15 years old
• Acquired amputations in children are usually due to trauma (70%) and cancers (30%)

Amputation Statistics:

• In the United States, there are approximately 1.8 million people living with limb loss.
• It is estimated that one out of every 200 people in the U.S. has had an amputation.
• 50,000 new UE amputations every year in USA
• Ratio of UE amputations to BE amputations is 1:3.5
• Most common is partial hand amputations with loss of one or more fingers
• Next is loss of one arm - approximately 25,000 annually