Orthopedic Care and Consultation
I received an email today from a Nikit( name changed) who got injured while playing. He went to an orthopedic surgeon and was diagnosed to have grade II ligamentous injury to his left ankle. ( Ligaments are structures that connect two bones)
He was advised plaster and Nikit was shocked to see that he would be getting a plaster cast from his toes to just below knee. [Read more...]
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[tag-tec]Splintage[/tag-tec] is any external support to [tag-tec]fractured bone[/tag-tec] that would render it immobile.
Anything can be used for splintage a limb with fractured bone. Splints made for this purpose are available but at site of injury one needs to use anything that would serve the purpose.
Before we come to that we need to understand the rationale behind splintage a fractured limb. [Read more...]
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It is a dictum in [tag-tec]orthopedics[/tag-tec] that no two fracture are alike. Every [tag-tec]fracture[/tag-tec] behaves differently from other. Therefore two kinds of treatment may be given to two different persons with same fracture anatomy.
[tag-tec]Treatment of fractures[/tag-tec] takes various things into consideration -age of patient, fracture pattern, type of bone fractured, part of the bone fractured, any other associated injury any chronic problem and sometimes your expectation the treatment. We discuss it one by one. [Read more...]
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A [tag-tec]fracture[/tag-tec] is consequence of the force that is more than a the bone can resist. Fracture is an acute event but in contrast healing of a fracture is a slow process.
[tag-tec]Fracture treatment[/tag-tec] has evolved with time as we got to know the steps and process of fracture healing.
Because bones are structural elements which are associated with support, mobility and other functions of living, when they are broken, there is loss of associated functions and inability to use that part.
This loss of function, which is not apparent enough can have quite a devastating effect on morale and livelihood of the person injured.
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[tag-tec]Geriatric fractures[/tag-tec] or fractures in elderly people are special category of fractures in adults. With age the bones loose their mineral content and become weak, a situation called [tag-tec]osteoporosis[/tag-tec]. Therefore old people are prone to injuries with minimal trauma. A trauma which would be tolerated easily in young adults would result in fractures in elderly. Therefore, a few fractures are more common and typical of old age. These include fracture neck of femur, fracture of intertrochanteric region in femur and fracture of distal end of radius. [Read more...]
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