| Abstract: | This paper deals with footwear for partially amputated feet of patients in tows and cities who require either surgical footwear made to measure or normal footwear which can be adapted surgically. It includes a problems associated with amputation of the great toe including balance, relief of pressure and satiffeling to prevent deformity. Unilateral amputation of all toes and associated complications, bilateral amputation of al toes, with similar complications, but with the added possibility of rocker soles to correct the gait, and amputatiuons through the midtarsalarea where major protheses are necessary.Descriptions are given of the use of sponge rubber cork and plastazote for weight distribution and relief and of the manufacture of suitable footwear by the vacuum forming method.(AU).
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