DVT from AK Prosthesis?
Jan Saunders
Description
Collection
Title:
DVT from AK Prosthesis?
Creator:
Jan Saunders
Date:
10/16/2013
Text:
I have a question for for anyone who has made the MAS socket design, I have a patient (Hospital Administrator), he has been a patient of mine for 25+ yrs, he is 66 yrs and lost his leg at the age of 16, he has a short flabby suction socket AK and wears a Rheo.. 2 months ago we changed his old socket, do to substantial weight loss. I made him a MAS design, (he and I had been playing with this change for a year, back and forth) he wore it quite well and was comfortable.
Monday, he went to the hospital after calling 911, and it was discovered he had a substantial number of DVT's in his lungs and 3 in his stump. His Cardiologist seems to think this may be from a recent change in socket design, but has no basis for the assumption. Has anybody ever heard of anything like this?
Jan Saunders, CPO, LPO
Monday, he went to the hospital after calling 911, and it was discovered he had a substantial number of DVT's in his lungs and 3 in his stump. His Cardiologist seems to think this may be from a recent change in socket design, but has no basis for the assumption. Has anybody ever heard of anything like this?
Jan Saunders, CPO, LPO
Citation
Jan Saunders, “DVT from AK Prosthesis?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/235663.
