prosthesis

Introduction

A fabricated or manufactured substituted device for a damaged or missing part of the body.

Includes:

• prosthetic limb
• artificial joint from
  • total hip arthroplasty
  • total knee arthroplasty
• orthopedic internal fixation devices
• ocular prosthesis
• implants

Management

• prophylactic antibiotics (cefazolin or vancomycin) before high-risk procedures in patients with prosthetic joints

More general terms

• device (medical device)

More specific terms

• artificial iris
• auricular prosthesis
• endovascular prosthesis
• inflatable urethral/bladder neck sphincter
• intraurethral valve pump (inFlow)
• mandibular prosthesis
• maxillofacial prosthesis
• obturator prosthesis
• ocular prosthesis (artificial eye)
• oral prosthesis
• orbital prosthesis
• orthopedic fixation device
• penile prosthesis (penile implant)
• prosthetic joint
• prosthetic limb
• speech prosthesis
• vascular prosthesis

Additional terms

• infected prosthesis
• orthotics