Precise plaster wedging: fracture-angle/cast-diameter ratio.

Fracture of the spine; new treatment without plaster casts.

Acomparison of percutaneous and pin-and-plaster techniques in distal radius fracture

 Abstract Background: Distal Radial fracture is one of the most common fractures of the skeletal system. Although it has been believed to be a simple fracture with excellent outcomes, practical operations’ results have always been undesirable and even poor. The goal of this study was to compare two methods of treatment “pin and plaster and precautious pin fixation in patients with unstable extr...

Cast Wedging: A “Forgotten” Yet Predictable Method for Correcting Fracture Deformity

3 Rady Children’s Hospital, UCSD, San Diego, CA Many cast wedging techniques have been discussed in the literature; however, to our knowledge, these techniques have not been experimentally validated. This paper illustrates a technique and measurement methodology for reproducible wedging and validates the geometric approach to predict the correct wedge size. Fracture deformities of saw bone mode...

Wedging transfer of nanostructures.

We report a versatile water-based method for transferring nanostructures onto surfaces of various shapes and compositions. The transfer occurs through the intercalation of a layer of water between a hydrophilic substrate and a hydrophobic nanostructure (for example, graphene flakes, carbon nanotubes, metallic nanostructures, quantum dots, etc.) locked within a hydrophobic polymer thin film. As ...

Precise Intra-operative Assessment of Rotation in Femoral Fracture Nailing

Background: A novel modification of an existing technique was developed to allow precise fluoroscopic assessment of rotational alignment of the fractured femur during intramedullary nailing. It is hypothesized that this will reduce the incidence of rotational malalignment which is reported to occur in 20-30 % of femoral fractures managed with intramedullary nails. The neck lateral technique has...