Long arm posterior splint: Difference between revisions
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==Indications== | ==Indications== | ||
*Elbow and forearm injuries | |||
**Distal humerus fracture | |||
**Both-bone forearm fracture | |||
**Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better) | |||
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Revision as of 12:23, 8 November 2015
Background
- Doesn’t completely eliminate supination / pronation
- either add an anterior splint or use a double sugar-tong if complex or unstable distal forearm fx
Indications
- Elbow and forearm injuries
- Distal humerus fracture
- Both-bone forearm fracture
- Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better)
