This self-directed learning module highlights prosthetic treatment consider
ations and challenges in children and young adults. It is part of the chapt
er on acquired limb deficiencies in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education
Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitat
ion. This article specifically focuses on prosthetic considerations for a c
hild experiencing a mutilating traumatic amputation, examines the rationale
for limb salvage versus surgical amputation for malignant bone tumors, dis
cusses the unique management options available for patients undergoing hip
disarticulation due to a tumor, and highlights the complications associated
with amputations resulting from trauma and malignancies.
Overall Article Objective: To summarize prosthetic treatment considerations
and challenges in children and young adults.