NEW YORK – A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests. The findings, researchers say, should encourage ...

Prompt reduction and splinting of the fracture can prevent such complications and decrease pain, making patients more comfortable as they await definitive treatment. 3. Contraindications.

INSTRUCTOR GUIDE TITLE: Trauma Basics: Managing Lower Extremity Fractures (Revised 6/2010) TIME REQUIRED: Three Hours MATERIALS: Splints, Traction Splints, Scoop Stretcher, Long ...

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A pediatrician who specializes in fixing broken bones in kids and teens says about 90 percent of the fractures he treats have been splinted improperly in a community ER or urgent care center first.

Buckle fractures are incomplete fractures of bones and happen mainly in children. Learn about their causes, ... The usual treatment is a splint to provide support to the fractured limb.

Learn about a Galeazzi fracture and how it happens. Skip to main content . Home ; Conditions . Back Conditions ... After surgery, a splint or cast will be placed on the wrist or forearm to secure ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests.

TRADITIONAL broken bone (fracture) splints are locally made pieces of wood knitted together with either pieces of clothes, banana fibres, or sisal to form a rigid framework that can be used to ...