Long arm posterior splint: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Doesn’t completely eliminate supination / pronation | *Doesn’t completely eliminate supination / pronation | ||
**Either add an anterior splint or use a [[ | **Either add an anterior splint or use a [[double sugar tong splint]] if complex or unstable distal [[forearm fracture]] | ||
==Indications== | ==Indications== | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 15 June 2016
Background
- Doesn’t completely eliminate supination / pronation
- Either add an anterior splint or use a double sugar tong splint if complex or unstable distal forearm fracture
Indications
- Elbow and forearm injuries
- Distal humerus fracture
- Both-bone forearm fracture
- Unstable proximal radius or ulna fracture (sugar-tong better)
