URGENT: adherent scaring - 2nd try
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URGENT: adherent scaring - 2nd try
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I am working with two heavyset elderly gentlemen that are transtibial PVD
amputees. Both are recent amputees and both have adherent scaring about
10-20cm in diameter on the tibial crest. The skin in these areas is fragile
and easily damaged. One is wearing a TEC liner the other was in a hard
socket with 10 ply, but now is being fit with a TEC liner. Suspension is by
Silipos sleeve. It would appear that skin traction during ambulating is
causing the skin to be damaged. Good suspension without pistoning also seems
a bit hard to achieve even when an expulsion valve is used.
How have others managed these types of cases?
Al Pike, CP
amputees. Both are recent amputees and both have adherent scaring about
10-20cm in diameter on the tibial crest. The skin in these areas is fragile
and easily damaged. One is wearing a TEC liner the other was in a hard
socket with 10 ply, but now is being fit with a TEC liner. Suspension is by
Silipos sleeve. It would appear that skin traction during ambulating is
causing the skin to be damaged. Good suspension without pistoning also seems
a bit hard to achieve even when an expulsion valve is used.
How have others managed these types of cases?
Al Pike, CP
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“URGENT: adherent scaring - 2nd try,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215357.
