Functional fracture bracing a manual

An abstract is unavailable. Author: Augusto Sarmiento; Publisher: ISBN: X Category: Medical Page: View: Get BOOK. Written by pioneering leaders in the development of functional fracture bracing systems, this manual is a practical "how-to" guide to the use of these systems for fractures of the upper and lower limb. Drs. Sarmiento and Latta explain the indications and contraindications for functional.  · Because functional fracture bracing stabilizes but does not immobilize fractures, it is used only in fractures with minimal displacement, shortening, or angulation. The absence of bulky muscle tissues in the hand prevents the principles of fracture bracing from being literally applied; the finger flexors and dorsal hood mechanism supply stabilizing forces for selected hand www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 12 mins.

Functional bracing is an effective therapeutic modality in the management of selected fractures of the tibia, humerus, and ulna, particularly low-energy injuries. In the case of tibial fractures, it is applicable only to reduced transverse fractures and to axially unstable fractures with an acceptable degree of shortening. Functional fracture bracing: a manual. [Augusto Sarmiento; L L Latta] -- This manual identifies cases where nonsurgical procedures are preferable to surgery in the treatment of fractures and illustrates traditional techniques of fracture reduction and plaster. Because functional fracture bracing stabilizes but does not immobilize fractures, it is used only in fractures with minimal displacement, shortening, or angulation. The absence of bulky muscle tissues in the hand prevents the principles of fracture bracing from being literally applied; the finger flexors and dorsal hood mechanism supply stabilizing forces for selected hand fractures.

Fracture classification · Complications of fractures · Orthopaedic approach to the multiply injured patient · Head, thoracic. for lower femoral fracture bracing An improved functional cast brace design is moulded manually and the calf Crystona cast is then rolled on firmly. Femoral fracture bracing, in combination with internal fixation, A tight-fitting functional cast and functional tibia fracture brace with condylar.