After limb loss (amputation) : Valley Regional Hospital
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38220
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Valley Regional Hospital. Rehabilitation Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2367
- Available Online
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This guide will help you understand what will happen before and after your surgery, how you may feel, how to care for your amputation, and how to adapt your lifestyle to this change.
- Available Online
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- Alternate Title
- Limb loss : VRH
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (23 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Amputation - rehabilitation
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Amputation
- Postoperative care
- Specialty
- Muscoskeletal System
- Abstract
- This guide will help you understand what will happen before and after your surgery, how you may feel, how to care for your amputation, and how to adapt your lifestyle to this change.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Rehabilitation Services, Valley Regional Hospital
- Pamphlet Number
- 2367
Limb loss (amputation) post-operative care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37293
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Vascular Surgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1193
- Available Online
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In Nova Scotia, more than 100 people have a major amputation (limb loss) each year. This guide will help you get ready for your surgery by letting you know what to expect. This guide explains levels of lower limb amputation, who is on your health care team, what will happen before surgery, and what to expect after surgery. Information about coping with amputation, how to position yourself, care of your amputated leg and other leg and foot, getting around, and living at home is included. A list …
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Vascular Surgery
- Alternate Title
- Limb loss (amputation) post-op care
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (20 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Amputation - rehabilitation
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Amputation
- Postoperative care
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular System
- Abstract
- In Nova Scotia, more than 100 people have a major amputation (limb loss) each year. This guide will help you get ready for your surgery by letting you know what to expect. This guide explains levels of lower limb amputation, who is on your health care team, what will happen before surgery, and what to expect after surgery. Information about coping with amputation, how to position yourself, care of your amputated leg and other leg and foot, getting around, and living at home is included. A list of post-operative and home exercises with images is provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Vascular Surgery
- Pamphlet Number
- 1193
