title: [Personal modification of skeletal traction].
abstract: Technical design and clinical assessment of skeletal traction kit is presented. The kit consists of 2 washers, 2 cylinders with blocking screws and a chain with hooks. The set is applied along with K-wire stretched in the buckle. The washers and blocking cylinders restrict longitudinal movements of the K-wire. Rotational ones are eliminated by resting the buckle (with no traction) on the extremity. The traction is executed by the chain attached to the K-wire near the buckle fastenings. Patients comfort and aseptic condition is improved. The modification proved valuable after observation of 38 patients treated by this method.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Ortopedyczno-Urazowego Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego w Koninie.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szczepański
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wesołowski
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D014143:Traction / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Modyfikacja własna wyciagu szkieletowego.