Adjust Broken Footplate /AFO Short Articulated

The patient was seen today for repair of a broken brace. The patient had a cracked right AFO-Short Articulated across the bottom of the footplate. It was completely broken off and being held together with duct tape. This was beyond repair, and we will need to fabricate a new one for him. The patient has no change in his medical condition since we last saw him. His left AFO-SA continues to do well. The brace is intact and his skin does not have any areas of irritation. I checked the skin on his right foot, and even though he has been wearing the broken brace, there are no areas of irritation or skin breakdown. We kept the right AFO-SA today and will duplicate this brace, as the patient has not been having any problems with it. We received a prescription for a new AFO.