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The idea is that patients would have their fracture x-rayed and the injured limb 3D-scanned. A computer would then determine the optimal pattern and structure of the cast, with denser material focused on the fractured area of the bone to provide more support. Avulsion fractures are treated with both surgical and non-surgical means, including cast immobilization Photo Credit broken wrist image by askthegeek from Fotolia.com Avulsion fractures occurs when a ligament or tendon Most people assume there is only one kind of fracture – the kind that requires a white cast that is likely to last for a few months. But there is much more to a fracture than that. However, the fact is that there are many different kinds and based on the It is prime season for wrist fractures. Ice and snow covered streets are the main culprits as victims instinctively reach out their hands to break a fall. According to Mark Cohen, an orthopedic surgeon at Rush University Medical Center who specializes in The cast is combined with a low intensity pulsed ultrasound system, known as LIPUS, for 20 minutes a day, which the designer claims will reduce the healing process of fractures by up to 38 per cent. The system could also increase the healing rate of 'non demonstrating that distal fractures of the fibula are the most common isolated fracture of the lower extremity. The current usual care approach would be to cast these fractures for immobilization for 3-4 weeks. The authors completed a randomized trial .

To anyone that's ever broken a bone, the negatives of traditional plaster casts are familiar: they're cumbersome, heavy, and can get rather smelly. Victoria University of Wellington graduate Jake Evill is looking to change all that with his Cortex cast. I was warned that this sort of fracture may not heal. I was put in a cast for eight weeks, and then X-rayed again.' To his dismay, Stephen was told that not only had the fracture failed to heal, but that the gap between the two bits of bone had actually University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner In children with wrist fractures, a splint works as well as a cast, researchers reported. In a randomized controlled trial, prefabricated splints were .

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