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Chapter-03 Overall Management Protocol

BOOK TITLE: The Nonsurgical Treatment of Fractures in Contemporary Orthopedics

Author
1. Sarmiento Augusto
2. Latta Loren L
ISBN
9788184489071
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11175_3
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
1
Author Affiliations
1. Universities of Miami and Southern California Past President of American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, Florida, 33101, USA, Universities of Miami and Southern California, USA
2. University of Miami Miami, Florida, USA
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Abstract

In this chapter overall guidelines are discussed to indicate the most important features to justify he closed and open treatment protocols; In he case of the closed tibia, the presence of total shortening of an acceptable degree, in anticipation that addition shortening does not increase with the introduction of early, graduated weight bearing ambulation and an angular deformity easily correctable at the time of the first medical contact. The stabilization of the injured limb in an above-the-knee cast.

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