Wardlaw D
Injury. 1980 Nov;12(3):213-8. doi: 10.1016/0020-1383(80)90010-8.
This paper reviews the use of cast bracing of fractures of the femoral shaft over a two-year period in an orthopaedic unit which provides a service to half a million people in the Grampian Region. More than three-quarters of the patients with fractures of the femoral shaft admitted to hospital were treated by cast bracing and these patients are reviewed. In 1976 the cast braces were applied at an average of 6.3 weeks after fracture and in 1977 after an average of 5 weeks, with consequent savings in hospital bed time. The average time to union remained remarkably constant at around 14.5 weeks. The less than good results are looked at critically with a view to avoiding these in the future.
本文回顾了在一个为格兰扁地区50万人提供服务的骨科单元中，为期两年的股骨干骨折管型支具治疗的使用情况。超过四分之三入住该医院的股骨干骨折患者接受了管型支具治疗，并对这些患者进行了评估。1976年，骨折后平均6.3周应用管型支具，1977年平均在5周后应用，从而节省了住院时间。平均愈合时间保持在14.5周左右，非常稳定。对效果欠佳的情况进行了严格审查，以期今后避免出现此类情况。
