BALTIMORE — A prospective, randomized controlled trial has found that single-legged spica casts for pediatric femur fractures perform as well as double-legged casts and might offer benefits for both ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Treating pediatric femur fractures with one-leg spica casts is effective and can lead to easier ...
June 13, 2012 — Pediatric patients aged 2 to 6 years heal well with a single-leg spica cast. The single-leg cast for femoral fractures has the added advantages of facilitating postfracture patient ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For decades, the treatment for a young child with a broken femur has been the same: a surgically placed spica cast, commonly known as a body cast. But now, thanks to a ...
WARSAW, Ind., Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OrthoPediatrics Corp. (“OrthoPediatrics”) (NASDAQ: KIDS), a company focused exclusively on advancing the field of pediatric orthopedics, announced today ...
Purpose: Document the incidence of skin relatedcomplications in children treated with a spica castfor femur fractures and determine associated castchange charges. Background: Closed reduction and ...
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… Parents caring for children with special medical needs or chronic illness deserve special parenting awards, extra vacations, and only gold-star treatment ...
If your child is in a spica (body) cast, it can pose a series of challenges both for you and your youngster. You may have some questions, like: How long will my child have to wear the cast? How can I ...
CHANDIGARH: Whenever there is a fracture of the femur (upper part of legs) or hip joint dislocation in children, casting has to be precise to avoid bone deformation. But the fractures are cast without ...
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