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STRYKER FRAME IN TREATMENT OF PEMPHIGUS
PARASKEVAS MICHAELIDES, M.D.;
MILTON REISCH, M.D.
AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1951;64(5):642-644.
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Handling a patient bedridden with pemphigus always poses great medical as well as nursing problems. The use of the Stryker frame1 offers a solution to a few of these problems.
The Stryker frame is used by surgeons for paraplegics, for treatment of patients with pelvic and intertrochanteric fractures, tuberculosis of the spine, and severe burns, and in general for patients who have an extensive osseous pathologic condition and who tolerate manipulation poorly.2 The patient is turned, dressed, and attended in regard to bowel and urine habits without the lifting, pushing, and moving required in a regular bed. Movements of patients in this frame are minimal.
Photographs are presented showing the patient in the posterior frame (Fig. 1), the patient in the anterior frame (Fig. 2), and the frame itself (Fig. 3). The frame consists of an overhead bar (A) which is used for support of bed covers, an anterior frame (B) on which the patient lies face down
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Author Affiliations
NEW YORK
From the Section of Dermatology and Syphilology, Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital.
Footnotes
Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the results of their own studies and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.
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