Custom BK shrinker
Rachel Sidle
Description
Collection
Title:
Custom BK shrinker
Creator:
Rachel Sidle
Date:
11/30/2021
Text:
I saw a patient yesterday who's BKA is large as well as swollen. She is a
new amputee but needs something to help with the edema that is painful.
Ace bandages don't stay up and they don't want to use tape due to
uncontrolled diabetes. Compressogrip won't stay up either. I would prefer
a shrinker with silicone top band but she is outside the range of prefab
(even AKA). Does anyone know which companies can make custom BKA shrinkers?
Measurements are 57.5 cm distal circ and 77 cm at 6 above KC, MTP to
distal is 7.
Thank you.
Rachel Sidle, CPO
Prosthetic One
Memphis, TN
new amputee but needs something to help with the edema that is painful.
Ace bandages don't stay up and they don't want to use tape due to
uncontrolled diabetes. Compressogrip won't stay up either. I would prefer
a shrinker with silicone top band but she is outside the range of prefab
(even AKA). Does anyone know which companies can make custom BKA shrinkers?
Measurements are 57.5 cm distal circ and 77 cm at 6 above KC, MTP to
distal is 7.
Thank you.
Rachel Sidle, CPO
Prosthetic One
Memphis, TN
Citation
Rachel Sidle, “Custom BK shrinker,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/255668.
