Mr Lee implies we did not thoroughly investigate his product. In fact, our article, “Evaluation of Commercially Available Traction Splints for Battlefield Use,” also cited Auerbach et al.’s 1984 research in which the RS was deemed superior to the Thomas splint. We also were aware of the advertised internal memoranda by combat medic instructors from the Army Medical Department Center & School in...

A 23-year-old teacher of physical training was admitted to another hospital on 28 February 1971 with a history of sudden onset of pain in the right hip during a game of netball played on a concrete surface. She stated that she had jumped about 3 ft (91 cm) into the air and landed on her right heel with the knee locked in extension and t-he hip flexed at about 100. She was unable to walk after t...

PPAPER READ BEFORE THE NORTH-EAST `BRANCH OF THE 'BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION I HE treatmenit of fractures is of perenniial interest. rhe complaint is common to any age. It may occouLr at any time of life. A fracture may usher in the new-born babe. It may ring down the curtain at the otherend of life. rhe fre(luency of the complaint is not diminishing. With the increase in speed it is actually ...

Proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint injuries are one of the common hand. Most in motor vehicle accidents and sports injury. Various treatment modalities available to treat such fractures like buddy strapping with or without extension block splint, CRPP, ORIF interfragmentary screws, Schenck dynamic traction, Hynes Giddings device many other modalities. This is challenging as there high inciden...

T o treat traumatically injured tivene,s of the exercises, blocking hands effectivelv, it is often splint.) can be constructed for one necessary to isola te exercise or stretch (Figure 3) or more fingers (Figure to individual-affected joints by 4). blocking out joint excursion in the In addition to facilitating active unaffected joints. Isolated exercise exerci:;e for individual joints, the and...

An 18-hour-old neonate was found to have absent movement of the left arm and a mildly edematous elbow following precipitous delivery with observed traction applied to the left arm. Radiographs (Figure 1) showed abnormal elbow alignment without osseous fracture and a moderate joint effusion. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [Figure 2] revealed a transverse fracture through the distal left humera...