Liners and new amputees
Schafer, Kristin
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Title:
Liners and new amputees
Creator:
Schafer, Kristin
Date:
7/28/2010
Text:
Good day all!
I haven't ever suggested using a suction socket on a new transfemoral
amputee. But, I (finally) have a very fit, intelligent patient with a
perfect residual limb (ie., no scars or invaginations and great length)
and am wondering if, with the introduction of the Seal-In liners, if
many of you are using these for their preparatory sockets? Is it a
reasonable option for someone who still may atrophy quite a bit in the
first year of use? Can I get by with sock usage in the upper 2/3rds of
the socket if need be while he shrinks? I have spoken to some clinicians
who put everyone in a suction socket, new or mature and others who say
it's a waste of time and money while they are shrinking.This patient of
mine is a surgeon and will need to be standing for hours as well. What
are your thoughts?
Thanks!
Kristin
Kristin Schafer, B.Sc. (Kin.), C.P. (c)
Rehabilitation Engineering
Sudbury Regional Hospital- Laurentian Site
41 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury, ON
P3E 5J1
(705) 523-7100 x3176
I haven't ever suggested using a suction socket on a new transfemoral
amputee. But, I (finally) have a very fit, intelligent patient with a
perfect residual limb (ie., no scars or invaginations and great length)
and am wondering if, with the introduction of the Seal-In liners, if
many of you are using these for their preparatory sockets? Is it a
reasonable option for someone who still may atrophy quite a bit in the
first year of use? Can I get by with sock usage in the upper 2/3rds of
the socket if need be while he shrinks? I have spoken to some clinicians
who put everyone in a suction socket, new or mature and others who say
it's a waste of time and money while they are shrinking.This patient of
mine is a surgeon and will need to be standing for hours as well. What
are your thoughts?
Thanks!
Kristin
Kristin Schafer, B.Sc. (Kin.), C.P. (c)
Rehabilitation Engineering
Sudbury Regional Hospital- Laurentian Site
41 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury, ON
P3E 5J1
(705) 523-7100 x3176
Citation
Schafer, Kristin, “Liners and new amputees,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 20, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231537.
