Immobilization for scaphoid fracture: forearm rotation in long arm thumb-spica versus Munster thumb-spica casts.
rct · Level II
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Abstract
A Munster thumb-spica cast may play a role in the conservative treatment of non-displaced scaphoid fractures by allowing some elbow motion during the long immobilization period.
Medical subject headings
- Casts, Surgical
- Fracture Fixation
- Fractures, Bone
- Scaphoid Bone
Anatomy
- radius/ulna