. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . he exception of the heel; the ban-dage may then be continued up the leg with spiral reversedturns. (Fig. 70.) 82 REGIONAL BANDAGES. Use. —This bandage may be employed to secure dress-ings to the foot and is the one generally used to cover thefoot in applying the spiral reversed bandage of the lowerextremity. Spiral Eeversed Bandage of the LowerExtremity. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the roller isplaced upon the leg just above the malle
. Minor surgery and bandaging, including the treatment of fractures and dislocations .. . he exception of the heel; the ban-dage may then be continued up the leg with spiral reversedturns. (Fig. 70.) 82 REGIONAL BANDAGES. Use. —This bandage may be employed to secure dress-ings to the foot and is the one generally used to cover thefoot in applying the spiral reversed bandage of the lowerextremity. Spiral Eeversed Bandage of the LowerExtremity. Roller Two and a Half Inches in Width, Seven Yards in Length. Application.—The initial extremity of the roller isplaced upon the leg just above the malleoli and secured bytwo circular turns, then carried obliquely over the foot tothe metatarso-phalangeal articulation and here a circularturn is made around the foot; the foot is next covered inwith two or three spiral reversed turns and two figure-of-eight turns of the ankle and instep, and just above theankle one or two circular or spiral turns are made aroundthe leg, and as the bandage is carried up the leg, as itincreases in diameter, spiral reversed turns are made until Fig. Spiral reversed bandage of the lower extremity. it approaches the knee; at this point, if the limb is to bekept straight, the spiral reversed turns may be continuedover this region and up upon the thigh. If the knee isto be bent, figure-of-eight turns may be applied until theknee is covered, and then the thigh may be covered withspiral reversed turns. (Fig. 71.) To cover in the thigh FIGUKE-OF-EIGHT BANDAGE OF THE LEG. 83 as well as the leg, two bandages of the dimensions beforegiven will be required. Care should be taken to keep thereverses in a line and not to make them over the spine ofthe tibia, as they may thus become painful to the —This is one of the most frequently employed ofthe roller bandages; it is used to apply pressure to thelower extremity, to retain dressings, and to secure splintsin the treatment of fractures and dislocations. FiGURE-OF-EIGHT BANDAGE OF THE LEG. Rol
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