tough LSO case
Brett Barnts
Description
Collection
Title:
tough LSO case
Creator:
Brett Barnts
Date:
9/2/2001
Text:
I have a 210 lb. (post-radical weight loss, lots of extra skin and flubber) lady with L3/4 instability and great pain. Doctor wants LSO (chairback or equivalent, and I have great latitude with this doc).
Problem is, she has a colostomy (standard size opening, maybe almost 4 dia.) AND on the right side of the abdomen, mirroring the location of the colostomy, a similarly-sized (~4) open wound, with dressing which gets changed twice daily.
Essentially all of my anterior abdominal compression areas are unavailable. I'm not tremendously familiar with how much pressure a colostomy 'lid' (and unless I make an opening, a bag, too) can take. The wound we can probably mildly compress.
Any ideas?
Many thanks.
Brett Barnts, CPO
Olympia, WA
Problem is, she has a colostomy (standard size opening, maybe almost 4 dia.) AND on the right side of the abdomen, mirroring the location of the colostomy, a similarly-sized (~4) open wound, with dressing which gets changed twice daily.
Essentially all of my anterior abdominal compression areas are unavailable. I'm not tremendously familiar with how much pressure a colostomy 'lid' (and unless I make an opening, a bag, too) can take. The wound we can probably mildly compress.
Any ideas?
Many thanks.
Brett Barnts, CPO
Olympia, WA
Citation
Brett Barnts, “tough LSO case,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 4, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/217425.
