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Chapter-59 Rationale, Indications, Technique and Representative Examples

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_59
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
8
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 we discuss the limited place that the nonsurgical treatment of isolated fractures of the radial shaft has at this time. Some fractures produced, not from a fall on the outstretched hand but from a direct blow, are appropriately treated with fictional braces, in anticipation of results similar to those obtained from “night-stick fractures” of the ulna. In the absence of distal or proximal radio-ulnar pathology the two groups behave similarly.

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