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Presenting a patient to your colleagues Get feedback Collaborate on difficult patients A way of teaching and learning from one another.
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Build clinical picture
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Patient info (clinical picture) Age, sex, weight, height Dx Chief complaint, date of onset Rx ROM, MMT, sensation, pain, alignment Pertinent health information Goals, vocation, avocation Previous treatment Gait
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Goal of treatment
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E.K.
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Wearing an temporary ko c/o distal migration ROM WNL MMT WNL, 4/5 quads
ML laxity 15 degrees
3x surgical revisions, antibiotic spacers, etc. Not a good surgical candidate
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Tx options Attach foot piece to current knee orthosis
Quick, temporary, not longterm Medical covered, longterm?, custom leg Better fit, suspension?, Not covered Better fit, suspension, Not covered
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Tx plan Attached foot piece to aid suspension (temp) TAR for custom KO photos, measurements Casted for Townsend KO
Medi-Cal denied KAFO Townsend - suspension guarantee
F/up
6/2010 dislocation Closed reduction immobilizer Antibiotic spacer 9/2010
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Teamwork
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Two people to a patient