title: Technique of cast wedging in long bone fractures.
abstract: A method to determine the width of a cast wedge to correct an angular deformity of a long bone is presented. The trigonometric theory behind the method is presented, but the method does not require any trigonometric calculations and can be done easily by drawing on the x-ray, with only a pencil and ruler-protractor required. Accurate reduction of angular deformities of long bones can be done with cast wedging when the width of the opening wedge can be predetermined.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Downstate Kings County Medical Center, Brooklyn.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Husted
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans