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AONA posting of the AO Classification of Long Bone Fractures Highly Reputable

Casting: Introducing the "Gumby" Technique Have your usual casting supplies ready plus an eight-inch length of two-inch stockinette. That’s it. Just an extra five cents’ worth of product will change your casting life! The “Gumby” Technique Prepare the additional eight-inch length of two-inch stockinette by cutting four-inch “legs” through both sides... Expert

The distal radius section of the AO Surgery Reference. The whole surgical management described, including decision-making support, approaches, and surgical procedures. Highly Reputable

Casting Technique Jan 2006 THE MODIFIED GUMBY TECHNIQUE Charles Barocas, ROT, CO Cut a 6- to 8-inch length of stockinette depending on the size of your patient. Cut a 2- to 3-inch slit down a side of the stockinette. Start the cut 1 inch from an end of the stockinette. Place this piece... Expert

A classification for extraarticular distal radius fractures and indications for treatment. Expert

Archive Copy: Advances in Distal Radius Fracture Management

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Archive Copy 2004

The indication to perform closed reduction could be a definitive treatment for an uncomplicated Colles wrist fracture. Closed reduction may be applied to more complicated fractures followed by a post-reduction re-assessment of the fracture configuration to decide if the fracture needs further treatment. Expert

There are several different types of external fixation. There is the transarticular external fixator with pins in the second metacarpal and pins in the radius. It can be either static or dynamic i.e. a locking ball-joint system which permits wrist mobilization midway through the treatment). There is also periarticular... Expert

when will cast treatment will most likely fail, when percutaneous pinning is sufficient alone, when percutaneous pinning requires supplementary external fixation, what kind of post-treatment function can patients expect. Expert