Long arm posterior splint: Difference between revisions
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==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== | ==Indications== | ||
#Elbow and forearm injuries | #Elbow and forearm injuries | ||
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##Both-bone forearm fx | ##Both-bone forearm fx | ||
##Unstable proximal radius or ulna fx (sugar-tong better) | ##Unstable proximal radius or ulna fx (sugar-tong better) | ||
[[File:Long Arm Posterior Splint.png]] | [[File:Long Arm Posterior Splint.png]] | ||
Revision as of 00:27, 7 March 2012
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 fx
- Both-bone forearm fx
- Unstable proximal radius or ulna fx (sugar-tong better)
