Suction Liner for fleshy transfemoral
Harry Phillips
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Title:
Suction Liner for fleshy transfemoral
Creator:
Harry Phillips
Date:
1/17/2011
Text:
I have been working with a woman who presents with bilateral
transfemoral amputations that were the result of a MVA in 1995. She has
been doing well on stubbies-improving her strength and ROM through
strenuous PT and exercise. Of equal importance, she has lost a
significant amount of weight reducing from 215 lbs to 185lbs. She is in
modified MAS sockets with suspension/cushioning from OWW Alpha AK
Locking liners (extra Large) and KISS strap suspension.
She has had an ongoing problem with donning the suction suspension
liners on her very fleshy residual limbs. This problem has gotten worse
as she has lost weight and volume and the residual limbs have become
softer and the soft tissue more mobile. (Prior to the Alpha liners, she
was wearing Ossur seal-in liners that were even more difficult for her
to don).
At this point she needs to be refit due to volume loss, and I am
soliciting suggestions for alternative liners that might make donning
easier than her present 20-30 minute ordeal of trying to corral her soft
tissue within the reflected liner and then rolling the liner on.
Thanks in advance for your help
Harry Phillips, CPO
Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.
Orthotics and Prosthetics Department
120 William Penn Plaza
Durham, NC 27704
(919) 281-1814
Fax: (919) 281-1877
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transfemoral amputations that were the result of a MVA in 1995. She has
been doing well on stubbies-improving her strength and ROM through
strenuous PT and exercise. Of equal importance, she has lost a
significant amount of weight reducing from 215 lbs to 185lbs. She is in
modified MAS sockets with suspension/cushioning from OWW Alpha AK
Locking liners (extra Large) and KISS strap suspension.
She has had an ongoing problem with donning the suction suspension
liners on her very fleshy residual limbs. This problem has gotten worse
as she has lost weight and volume and the residual limbs have become
softer and the soft tissue more mobile. (Prior to the Alpha liners, she
was wearing Ossur seal-in liners that were even more difficult for her
to don).
At this point she needs to be refit due to volume loss, and I am
soliciting suggestions for alternative liners that might make donning
easier than her present 20-30 minute ordeal of trying to corral her soft
tissue within the reflected liner and then rolling the liner on.
Thanks in advance for your help
Harry Phillips, CPO
Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.
Orthotics and Prosthetics Department
120 William Penn Plaza
Durham, NC 27704
(919) 281-1814
Fax: (919) 281-1877
<Email Address Redacted>
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for <Email Address Redacted> If you are not <Email Address Redacted> you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify <Email Address Redacted> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
Citation
Harry Phillips, “Suction Liner for fleshy transfemoral,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/232245.
