The design and adhibition of lower extremitas abduction brace pads

Objective To investigate the effect of the lower extremitas abduction brace pads which is designed by our team in helping patient turnover after orthopedic femoral neck fracture, intertrochanteric fracture, femoral head replacement. Methods Using prospective cohort study to facilitate sampling From October 2016 to August 2017, in an upper third-class hospital of Jiangsu province, we selected 100 patients in Orthopedics dept. No.1 at random as the experimental group and 80 patients in dept. No.2 as the control group. Lower extremitas abduction brace pads were used in experimental group and pillows, backrests and clothes were used in control group. Comfort level, incidence of skin pressure injury, joint dislocation rate and the compliance of the two groups were compared. Results The number of patients in experimental group who rated the comfort up to 3 (feel a little pain and uncomfortable) was much higher than that in control group (OD value was 5.801, P<0.01), while which rated 1 (feel painful, unbearable and extremely uncomfortable) was lower than that of control group (OD value was 0.168 ,P<0.01) . The ratio of stress injury and dislocation were lower in experimental group (OD value was 0.126, P=0.046). There was no significant difference between two groups in the ratio of dislocation after femoral head replacement (OD value was 0.000, P=0.444) and leg deep vein thrombosis (OD value was 0.000, P=1.000). Conclusion Lower extremitas abduction brace pads can effectively improve the comfort of the patients and reduce the ratio of stress injury. Key words: Orthopedic femoral neck fracture; Intertrochanteric fracture; Femoral head replacement; Brace pads