ErtlReconstruction.com Welcomes Ertl Limb Prosthetic Provider Karl Lindborg CPO California
Tony Barr
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Title:
ErtlReconstruction.com Welcomes Ertl Limb Prosthetic Provider Karl Lindborg CPO California
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
6/29/2006
Text:
The Barr Foundation welcomes its fifth Californian practitioner whom has
qualified as a Ertl limb prosthetic provider. Over 50 practitioners are
listed as providers and over 25 physicans whom are routinley performing the
procedure on the ErtlReconstruction.com web site
In prosthetics that are made for traditional amputations where the Ertl
recommendations are not followed there is significantly more weight
bearing carried at the proximal portion of the socket. The attempt is to
prevent the patient's residual limb from bearing any weight against the
distal circumference as well as directly on the end of the tibia or fibula.
These areas are usually very sensitive and painful to any type of
compression. The fibula does not respond well to any pressure that tends to
direct the bone medially causing pain from the squeezing of the muscles and
nerves that are between the tibia and the fibula. All Prosthetists are
taught during their training years about this issue and the best way to
manage it. In transtibial amputations that are done following the Ertl
recommendations this problem does not exists. Since the tibia and fibula
are joined at the distal end by an osteomyoplastic reconstruction procedure
the distance between the two bones does not change and therefore does not
impinge on the muscles and nerves. It is important for the Prosthetist to
know and understand this principle of surgical reconstruction. It is the
Prosthetist that is going to design the socket for this patient and in fact
he needs to establish a stabilizing force along side the reconstructed
fibula. This is exactly the opposite of what would normally be done for the
traditional non-Ertl case. Prosthetists should follow the example of
surgeons. If a surgical procedure is developed that is different from what
is traditionally taught and practiced in the mainstream of surgery the
surgeon wishing to use the new procedure will read any and all published
information on the subject. In the interest of providing no harm to the
patient as well as desiring to have the most successful outcome for the
patient, the non-experienced surgeon will usually contact the surgeon
performing the procedure and they will communicate back and forth on a
professional level. If there are very intricate and technical procedures
involved the experienced surgeon will often invite the non-experienced
surgeon to observe the procedure being done so he can see first hand some of
the subtleties of the surgical techniques. Raymond Francis LPO
To be eligible to be listed on the Ertl Prosthetic Providers link at
ErtlReconstruction.com, I must be able to have a brief telephone interview
with at least one Ertl amputee you have successfully fitted. Because of
confidentiality laws ,you as a the prosthetist, must ask the patient to
contact me by telephone at 561-394-6514.It would be ideal, but not
mandatory, that the Ertl Amp be at least 30 days post fitting, be active and
have access to e-mail.Subsequent to a satisfactory interview and
qualification, the prosthetist will submit, upon my direction, his company
contact information and web site address for the listing.Unlicensed
/non-certified prosthetists need not apply.
Anthony T. Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
< <URL Redacted>> www.ErtlReconstruction.com
Karl J. Lindborg
VA Northern California Medical Center Outpatient Clinic at McClellan
5342 Dudley Blvd
McClellan, CA 95652
telephone: (916) 561-7425
<mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> <Email Address Redacted>
qualified as a Ertl limb prosthetic provider. Over 50 practitioners are
listed as providers and over 25 physicans whom are routinley performing the
procedure on the ErtlReconstruction.com web site
In prosthetics that are made for traditional amputations where the Ertl
recommendations are not followed there is significantly more weight
bearing carried at the proximal portion of the socket. The attempt is to
prevent the patient's residual limb from bearing any weight against the
distal circumference as well as directly on the end of the tibia or fibula.
These areas are usually very sensitive and painful to any type of
compression. The fibula does not respond well to any pressure that tends to
direct the bone medially causing pain from the squeezing of the muscles and
nerves that are between the tibia and the fibula. All Prosthetists are
taught during their training years about this issue and the best way to
manage it. In transtibial amputations that are done following the Ertl
recommendations this problem does not exists. Since the tibia and fibula
are joined at the distal end by an osteomyoplastic reconstruction procedure
the distance between the two bones does not change and therefore does not
impinge on the muscles and nerves. It is important for the Prosthetist to
know and understand this principle of surgical reconstruction. It is the
Prosthetist that is going to design the socket for this patient and in fact
he needs to establish a stabilizing force along side the reconstructed
fibula. This is exactly the opposite of what would normally be done for the
traditional non-Ertl case. Prosthetists should follow the example of
surgeons. If a surgical procedure is developed that is different from what
is traditionally taught and practiced in the mainstream of surgery the
surgeon wishing to use the new procedure will read any and all published
information on the subject. In the interest of providing no harm to the
patient as well as desiring to have the most successful outcome for the
patient, the non-experienced surgeon will usually contact the surgeon
performing the procedure and they will communicate back and forth on a
professional level. If there are very intricate and technical procedures
involved the experienced surgeon will often invite the non-experienced
surgeon to observe the procedure being done so he can see first hand some of
the subtleties of the surgical techniques. Raymond Francis LPO
To be eligible to be listed on the Ertl Prosthetic Providers link at
ErtlReconstruction.com, I must be able to have a brief telephone interview
with at least one Ertl amputee you have successfully fitted. Because of
confidentiality laws ,you as a the prosthetist, must ask the patient to
contact me by telephone at 561-394-6514.It would be ideal, but not
mandatory, that the Ertl Amp be at least 30 days post fitting, be active and
have access to e-mail.Subsequent to a satisfactory interview and
qualification, the prosthetist will submit, upon my direction, his company
contact information and web site address for the listing.Unlicensed
/non-certified prosthetists need not apply.
Anthony T. Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
< <URL Redacted>> www.ErtlReconstruction.com
Karl J. Lindborg
VA Northern California Medical Center Outpatient Clinic at McClellan
5342 Dudley Blvd
McClellan, CA 95652
telephone: (916) 561-7425
<mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> <Email Address Redacted>
Citation
Tony Barr, “ErtlReconstruction.com Welcomes Ertl Limb Prosthetic Provider Karl Lindborg CPO California,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226763.
