spinal fx prevention for an obese patient
Stacey Richardson
Description
Collection
Title:
spinal fx prevention for an obese patient
Creator:
Stacey Richardson
Date:
4/26/2011
Text:
Dear List,
I am trying to find a brace for a woman with multiple lesions close to the
spine as high as T4. She's at high risk for fractures, & her doctor wants
her in a TLSO to stabilize her spine while she sits in a wheelchair. This
woman weighs more than 350 pounds and is very fleshy, so a rigid system
would be very uncomfortable. The doctor is averse to using a clamshell style
plastic brace for this reason. Another hurdle is that the rehab facilitiy
she is in will be picking up the cost of this brace. I've been asked for a
recommend that will keep the price down. I was considering a semi-rigid TLSO
(like Hope Ortho's Ortholux) to keep the patient from being too
uncomfortable. Does anyone have any suggestions for an ots brace can
stabilize as high as T4?
Stacey Richardson, CO
Troy, MI
I am trying to find a brace for a woman with multiple lesions close to the
spine as high as T4. She's at high risk for fractures, & her doctor wants
her in a TLSO to stabilize her spine while she sits in a wheelchair. This
woman weighs more than 350 pounds and is very fleshy, so a rigid system
would be very uncomfortable. The doctor is averse to using a clamshell style
plastic brace for this reason. Another hurdle is that the rehab facilitiy
she is in will be picking up the cost of this brace. I've been asked for a
recommend that will keep the price down. I was considering a semi-rigid TLSO
(like Hope Ortho's Ortholux) to keep the patient from being too
uncomfortable. Does anyone have any suggestions for an ots brace can
stabilize as high as T4?
Stacey Richardson, CO
Troy, MI
Citation
Stacey Richardson, “spinal fx prevention for an obese patient,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 22, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/232546.
