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Screw Adjustment for Fixed Traction with Thomas Splint
a Thomas splint. As the Thomas splint acts as an exoskeleton the traction from the leg must, therefore, be fastened to the splint. The right degree of tension imust be used to prevent overlapping of the ends and shortening of the limb, yet not produce distraction with the risk of either slow or non-union. The conventional method of tying the tapes T0P from the skin tractioni to the end of the s...
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The Thomas splint was developed for the stabilisation of femoral fractures at the end of the nineteenth century, and since the First World War has been extensively used by the British Army. It has been shown to improve the outcome after ballistic fractures of the femur, but recently there have been moves to abandon this device in favour of more modern splints such as the Sager splint. This is p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-114-01-06