How to advoid joint deformity after amputation

Medi-Rehatek continue to introduce how to advoid joint deformity after amputation.

3,Reduce the stump pain

There are many causes of residual limb pain, but mainly in the following areas:

1) Surgery on nerve damage;

2) Limb blood circulation disorders;

3) The limb was cut off to cause the abnormal muscle tension;

4) Residual nerve has tumor;

5) Central nervous system injury.

The pain must be alleviated before prosthesis assembly.We must take surgery, medication, physical therapy, block therapy, acupuncture, injection or psychological treatment, etc. according to its cause. It avoids malignant pain to have formation of the foci in the brain center . Most can be cured, only a few patients are required surgery.

4, To protect the hygiene of the stump

Patients need to wash the stump with soapy water before bedtime daily.If using residual limb-specific care solution, patient can use body lotion to prevent better residual limb from infection.

5, stump sinus or ulcers

The formation of the sinus is mainly due to infection after there is a foreign body in deep wound, such as thick silk thread, sequestrum.Ulcers are mainly due to poor blood supply to the skin, and too many stump scar tissues, neurological disorders and other factors.The ulcers usually are in the load-bearing parts. Non-healing Wound will affect the prosthetic assembly, the treatment method is based on the condition, the elimination of foreign body, dealing with wound or re-amputation.

6, Residual bursitis

Occurrence of bursitis on the residual limb, if the bursitis often has the friction in the load-bearing parts, that will continue to become larger.It is difficult to subside, known as the abnormal synovial capsule. In general, there is no effect, such as synovial pouch is too large or infected, it needs treatment, while eliminating the cause of synovial fluid. 

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