Have you ever wondered how your patients will react to the news that an amputation is required or cope with the functional disability that may result? Have you wondered whether psychiatric problems (such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) are predictable following amputation? Have you thought about how patients adapt to physical rehabilitation as they regain function?

If you have, then tonight's show is for you. Tonight's discussion should serve as a stimulus for the psychological aspects of amputation and its aftermath.