Treatment of fractures of the lower limbs with functional braces.
Closed treatment of fractures has recently used the method of functional braces. If well applied, these clear many patients with fractures from indication for surgery. The results reported for 118 cases show the utility and practicability of this method, especially in leg fractures and fractures of the femur with more than two fragments.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*