Difficult Socket Doffing, Long TF
Duane Nelson
Description
Collection
Title:
Difficult Socket Doffing, Long TF
Creator:
Duane Nelson
Date:
11/27/2014
Text:
Dear List,
I am looking for suggestions to aid in doffing a hard-to-take-off skin suction transfemoral socket. The elderly patient has a long residual limb (almost KD) and soft tissue. The socket is not too tight and donning the socket with a pull-in sock (zip-whiz) is no problem. The patient finds it easier to remove the prosthesis if he uses a little cream (Procomfort Gel) during donning but this results in socket slippage and rotation. He finds talcum powder unhelpful.
Any suggestions are appreciated and can be compiled into a follow-up posting.
thanks,
Duane Nelson C.P(c)
Saskatchewan Abilities Council
I am looking for suggestions to aid in doffing a hard-to-take-off skin suction transfemoral socket. The elderly patient has a long residual limb (almost KD) and soft tissue. The socket is not too tight and donning the socket with a pull-in sock (zip-whiz) is no problem. The patient finds it easier to remove the prosthesis if he uses a little cream (Procomfort Gel) during donning but this results in socket slippage and rotation. He finds talcum powder unhelpful.
Any suggestions are appreciated and can be compiled into a follow-up posting.
thanks,
Duane Nelson C.P(c)
Saskatchewan Abilities Council
Citation
Duane Nelson, “Difficult Socket Doffing, Long TF,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/236872.
