A NEW SPLINT.

A New War Splint for Fractured Femur

4. Leg piece?Length to measurement from middle of popliteal space to 1 in. beyond heel. Breadth, 5 ins. at knee sloping to 4J ins. at foot end. 5. Foot piece?9 ins. by 4A i?s. This is fixed to leg piece by two 1-inch mortise and tenon joints. It is also nailed to the extension piece. 6. Extension piece?18 ins. by 6 ins. sloping to 5 ins at the top. A pulley (an empty thread reel on a stout nail...

Resin splint as a new conservative treatment for ingrown toenails.

Several conservative as well as surgical methods are used for the treatment of ingrown toenails until date. The conservative methods are either based on nail splinting or on orthonyxia, but no methods employing both principles have been reported thus far. Moreover, surgical methods usually involve postoperative pain, prolonged wound healing and restricted activities of daily living. Therefore, ...

Dynamic shoulder abduction splint.

The purpose of this splint is to provide a dynamic modification of a static abduction splint. Many times with injuries involving the shoulder, immobilization causes restriction of shoulder motion. A dynamic splint will provide support for the weakened or paralyzed abductors, while allowing movement in internal and external rotation, horizontal abduction and adduc­ tion. This type of orthosis wo...

Adult orthodontics and a post-treatment bonded splint: a new cosmetic subspecialty.

Opposition splint for partial thumb amputation: a case study measuring disability before and after splint use.

STUDY DESIGN Case report. INTRODUCTION A combined burn and a partial amputation can be extremely debilitating as the thumb constitutes 40% of the entire hand when evaluating functional impairment. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Measure disability with and without opposition splint use after partial thumb amputation due to a burn. METHODS Impairment and disability measures were completed at discharg...