Triangle Tilt surgery

[admin]

Thanks Kara, and give my best to Jared. I'll let you know more as soon as I do. Can anyone tell me what kind of cast they use after the surgery? Is it permanent or removable (do to the fact that it is a bone surgery)?

thanks, Wayne

[admin]

It is NOT removable for six weeks because the bones have to heal together again. But it is still a splint (not a cast) (unless he changes that, I'm not sure). The position is this: put your arm down to your side and then just bring your forarm up so that your elbow is at your waist. And the hand is supinated.

[dmom]

Regarding the splint ... after the surgery, Danny wore a splint around his torso, with the arm supinated and held against his side. The splint was wrapped with those soft straps. It wasn't bad at all - much easier to maneuver than the mod quad splint! I would assume the splint stays the same, regardless of the surgery name change.

Hope that helps,
Janet

[Wayne]

Are you allowed to take the splint out for baths ect...?

[dmom]

Yes, you can remove the splint for baths, but what you generally have to do is make baths a two-person job. You have one parent remove the splint and hold the child's arm in the same position as the other parent does a sponge bath. This is especially important in the early days after surgery and with a very small child who doesn't understand what's going on (like ours!).

It gets easier as the arm heals. I remember that within a few weeks, Danny would willingly sit in the bathtub with his arm supinated as we bathed him.

Hope that helps!
Janet

[jaredsmomdeb]

hello my son will be having the triangle tilt by Dr.Nath on March 10th and has had 3 surgeries already, and all my son cares about is the food for the plane , kids are so not thinking of the pain but what they can eat on the plane, GOD BLESS CHILDREN!!!

[dmom]

Hi, again - I realized I have to amend my previous remark after talking to some others.

Check with Dr. Nath, but I am hearing that you actually may not be able to remove the triangle tilt splint for several weeks after surgery. It seems to me that there was a short period of time after the acromio where we couldn't remove the splint, but I know it wasn't six weeks. Anyway, I'm really sorry if I added to any confusion!

Janet

[Wayne]

I just spoke to Dr Nath, Ryan will have surgery on May 11, that was the first date available, Its just unbelievable how many procedures Dr Nath performs each week. I don't know about Ryan but I am looking foward to this surgery and the oppotunity for Ryan to have more ROM. If anyone will be there around then please let me know?

Thanks, Wayne