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The cost section of this article seems extremely sparse. Is there a way we can add in a general cost (or even a range of costs for different types of prosthetics) to further elaborate on this?

A couple questions

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I just finished writing this article (it's my first one), but wanted to point out a couple things that could potentially be . Will prosthetics eventually be better then a real arm? That sort of thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nfk17 (talkcontribs) 05:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Jaipur Foot

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Not much is mentioned on Jaipur Foot. An article on artificial limbs is incomplete without the mention of Jaipur Foot. --128.210.107.22 15:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a useful self-made image of a prosthetic leg

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Problem is, the guy that I know who uses the prosthetic leg may not be happy with me uploading the picture to Wikipedia, even though it doesn't personally identify him - it's just the unattached leg. I'm not uploading it right now per WP:HARM and the presumption in favour of privacy. Thoughts?--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 07:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Direct Bone Attachment

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Is there an issue with infections at the abutment? Seems like the implant/skin surface interface would be a problem... 70.21.36.13 (talk) 05:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bot report : Found duplicate references !

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In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

  • "two" :
    • [http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/wallexhibits/body/histofpros/histofpros.html "History of Prostheses"], [[University of Iowa]], 5 June 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
    • [http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/wallexhibits/body/histofpros/histofpros.html Exhibits Throughout the Hospital: The Medical Museum: University of Iowa Health Care:<!-- Bot generated title -->]

DumZiBoT (talk) 06:40, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]