Fw: AK Question
Sharon Yackley
Description
Collection
Title:
Fw: AK Question
Creator:
Sharon Yackley
Date:
8/27/2005
Text:
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Yackley
To: Bocephus Yackley
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:22 PM
Subject: AK Question
I'm seeing an above knee amputee with a condition that is unusual and I could benefit from the ideas of others that have trod there before me.
The person in question is a 49 yo male of a muscular build who delivered marble slabs for kitchen counters for a living. He wears an AK endo prosthesis with a SNS unit and multi axis foot suspended by a heavy duty leather Silesian belt. His stump is conically shaped and is approximately 6 long. He started experiencing distal pain which I couldn't relieve so I sent him for x-rays. He has developed three antler like spurs at the distal femur that are ¼ to ½ in length that protrude posterior, medial and lateral. Any contact, even from pulling on a stump sock is painful. Surgery not an option for many reasons. A socket with a distal void did not stop the pain from the proximal pull of skin traction occurring with each step. With his heavy duty suspension belt the pistoning is minimal.
Since the process of rolling on a gel insert distracts the tissue distally relieving the bone spurs and that coupled with a distal strap from the insert to provide suspension for the prosthesis distracting the distal aspect of the stump further I'm thinking that this could be a combo that would be reasonable to provide relief from the bone spurs. I would like to hear from someone who has been there, done that.
Gary Yackley, C.P.
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From: Gary Yackley
To: Bocephus Yackley
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:22 PM
Subject: AK Question
I'm seeing an above knee amputee with a condition that is unusual and I could benefit from the ideas of others that have trod there before me.
The person in question is a 49 yo male of a muscular build who delivered marble slabs for kitchen counters for a living. He wears an AK endo prosthesis with a SNS unit and multi axis foot suspended by a heavy duty leather Silesian belt. His stump is conically shaped and is approximately 6 long. He started experiencing distal pain which I couldn't relieve so I sent him for x-rays. He has developed three antler like spurs at the distal femur that are ¼ to ½ in length that protrude posterior, medial and lateral. Any contact, even from pulling on a stump sock is painful. Surgery not an option for many reasons. A socket with a distal void did not stop the pain from the proximal pull of skin traction occurring with each step. With his heavy duty suspension belt the pistoning is minimal.
Since the process of rolling on a gel insert distracts the tissue distally relieving the bone spurs and that coupled with a distal strap from the insert to provide suspension for the prosthesis distracting the distal aspect of the stump further I'm thinking that this could be a combo that would be reasonable to provide relief from the bone spurs. I would like to hear from someone who has been there, done that.
Gary Yackley, C.P.
This e-mail, including attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC 2510-2521, & the HIPAA regulations and, as such, is confidential & may be legally privileged. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed & may contain certain information that is privileged, confidential & exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or agent responsible for delivering or copying this communication & attachments, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of any of the contents are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender & then delete it. Thank you for your cooperation
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Citation
Sharon Yackley, “Fw: AK Question,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225256.
