Mobility in the new Millennium
You switch on the TV and you’re about to turn it over onto that game-show you like to watch when something catches your eye. It’s a man, being interviewed by a newsreader. He’s had the lower half of his body blown off yet he is still here to tell the tale. You pause and watch it, and, as the camera spans down to show his new lower body – two legs, formed into passable leg shapes and supporting him enough that he can balance on them alone – you realise that actually, we’ve come a very long way in terms of making people mobile.
The truth of the matter is that 50 years ago, if the same man had survived, he’d have been done for. The technology back then just wasn’t capable of looking after people in that precarious situation. Nowadays it’s a very different story; every single day, lives are being saved and people are getting their lives back. They may never be the same again, but this new lease of life at least allows them to go on.
Another area which has made impressive leaps and bounds – another similar area, that is – has to be that of joints. Years ago a hip replacement was considered highly dangerous and much too risky. Now? It’s become as commonplace and routine as a trip to the supermarket, with millions of people now in and out in record time.
Materials have changed in this field too. Where metal has been the vogue – and in some countries still is – bearings now utilize plastic, making movement far more fluid and comfortable. But most importantly of all, unlike the metal ball-sockets, the plastic doesn’t splinter (something which can cause complications in any patient, however healthy). And don’t take my word for it; if you want to see a hip-replacement you need only go online. Someone with a Looe webcam has probably filmed it, and watching the footage will give you insight into something that is actually quite fascinating.
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