The treatment of fractures . and steadied by adhesive-plaster straps carried aroundthe foot and splint in a figure-of-eight bandage (see Figs. 519,520). The side splints, so padded with pillow-cases or towels asto bring suitable pressure upon the leg and thigh, are applied andheld in position by straps and buckles (see Fig. 520). This splintimmobilizes the knee- and ankle-joints and the fractured region of the fracture is open to inspection inspection is facilitated by loosening the straps and lower- 364 FRACTURES OF THE LEG ing the side splints. Any deviation from
The treatment of fractures . and steadied by adhesive-plaster straps carried aroundthe foot and splint in a figure-of-eight bandage (see Figs. 519,520). The side splints, so padded with pillow-cases or towels asto bring suitable pressure upon the leg and thigh, are applied andheld in position by straps and buckles (see Fig. 520). This splintimmobilizes the knee- and ankle-joints and the fractured region of the fracture is open to inspection inspection is facilitated by loosening the straps and lower- 364 FRACTURES OF THE LEG ing the side splints. Any deviation from the normal lines of theleg can be adjusted easily. At the end of three weeks, when thefracture is uniting and the callus is still soft, the leg should beremoved from the splint and examined carefully from the front,from the back, and laterally for any deviation from the any deviation is discovered, it should be corrected and the legput again into a posterior wire splint or into a removable plaster-of-Paris
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