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Chapter-05 The Initial Above-the-Knee Cast

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_5
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
4
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 details are given regarding the importance of preventing recurvatum deformities from the holding the extremity in extension, as well as harmful equinus contractures from holding of the ankle in a that manner. Recognition that manually gained length in axially unstable fractures is very likely to be lost as muscle or weight bearing forces are introduced.

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