%0 Journal Article
%T Immediate Fitment of Prefabricated Orthoses in Corrective Surgery Camps
%A Keshkar S
%A Kumar R
%A Agrawal AK
%A Equebal A
%J Indian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
%D 2009
%I Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
%X In surgical camps, deformity correction and immobilizationby Plaster of Paris (POP) cast is a routine methodfollowed in about four weeks by removal of sutures/plaster and provision of orthosis. A new technique wasdeveloped in which after corrective surgery, instead ofPOP cast pre-fabricated orthosis were fitted in 236 caseswith lower limb deformities following post polio residualparalysi and cerebral palsy.Use of pre-fabricated orthosis, immediately after surgeryin these camps reduced the cost markedly besides beingconvenient to fit the orthosis in one go.
%K Surgical Camp
%K Prefabricated Orthosis
%K Locomotor disability
%U http://www.ijpmr.com/ijpmr0902/20090204.pdf