The Clinical History and Basic Science Origins of Transcutaneous Osseointegration for Amputees

Figure 9

Transcutaneous skeletally linked prosthesis implant. A stainless steel implant was cemented into transhumeral amputees in the 1970s (adapted with permission from Mooney, V., Schwartz, S.A., Roth, A. M. et al. Ann Biomed Eng (1977) 5: 34. A sustained effort at limb osseointegration).