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Reduction of skin problems at the Alpha socket/skin interface
1Tayside Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Technology Centre, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
Prosthetics and Orthotics International
|July 13, 2000
Abstract:
Two cases are presented in whom the provision of an Alpha Liner relieved the patients' stump discomfort but developed a skin eruption at the top of the liner. This was resolved satisfactorily by cutting scallops into the top of the liner.