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Refinement in Post-Operative Care for Orthopaedic Models: Implementing a Sheep Walking Cast (SWC) for Effective Tibial Fracture Management.
Biomedicines
February 2024
Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Experimental Surgery, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
In the healthcare system, lower leg fractures remain relevant, incurring costs related to surgical treatment, hospitalization, and rehabilitation. The duration of treatment may vary depending on the individual case and its severity. Casting as a post-surgical fracture treatment is a common method in human and experimental veterinary medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel Use of a Shoulder Spica: Treatment for Midshaft Humerus Fracture in the Presence of Limb Deficiency.
Cureus
November 2022
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
Pediatric midshaft humerus fractures are typically managed with a hanging arm cast, Sarmiento bracing, coaptation splint, or a combination of these treatment options. Here we report a novel use of a shoulder spica cast in the treatment of a midshaft humerus fracture in the presence of limb deficiency. Current treatments proved unsuccessful in maintaining adequate alignment, specifically the varus deformity of the fracture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProximal humerus fracture represents five to eight percent of all fractures and is twice as common in women than in men. Most cases of displaced fracture of the proximal humerus are treated surgically; it is probable that more cases are preferred to be treated surgically greater than required. The optimal treatment for these fractures remains controversial, but physicians have a tendency to treat via open reduction and fixation with angular locking plates or glenohumeral arthroplasty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aim: Humeral shaft fractures may occur as a result of arm wrestling. The aim of this study was to present our treatment of humerus fracture sustained during arm wrestling.
Methods: A total of six patients, aged 22 to 48, were treated at our department form January 2008 to January 2010 with open reduction and internal fixation and with hanging arm casts.
Acute and chronic humeral shaft fractures in adults.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
February 2015
Centre hospitalier du Mans, 194, avenue Rubillard, 72037 Le Mans cedex 9, France. Electronic address:
Humeral shaft fractures account for up to 5% of all fractures. Many of these fractures are still being treated conservatively using functional (Sarmiento) bracing or a hanging arm cast. Union is achieved in 10 weeks in more than 94% of cases.
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