Friday, November 8, 2024

Residual limb length

Ian Gregson

Fellow OandP’ers:

A few weeks back a driver of a stalled vehicle became an immediate BK

here in Vancouver.

Just the other day I was having a conversation with one of my

co-workers who has a friend who works as an intern in the EMG dept

where this fellow was taken after his accident.

My co-worker (who knows nothing about amputees apart from knowing me)

mentioned that her intern friend was present in the EMG when this

person was brought in. He ended up losing the other leg AK a few days

later due to the severity of the injury.

According to the intern the surgeon performed a long AK level surgery

as opposed to a through knee surgery because “this was easier for the

prosthetist to fit”.

I know through joint amputations are more difficult to fit, but they

are not impossible. In fact I was quite appalled to hear that a

surgeon had lopped off a few extra inches for the convenient fit of a

higher level amputation.

Given there were no other mitigating factors, is this a common

practice amongst surgeons? Is there a general consensus amongst

surgeons that lopping off a few inches is ok for the sake of easier

work for the prosthetist?

Thanks

Ian Gregson ([email protected])

Amputee WEB Site <> AMPUTATION Online Magazine

http://amputee-online.com

Moderator Amputee & D-Sport Listservs

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