Spica casts are most commonly used for infants with development hip dysplasia (DDH) and for young children with broken legs or who have had hip or pelvis surgery. Most people with hip dysplasia ...

The Lions added cornerback Carlton Davis to the injury report Thursday with a hand injury. Davis said Friday that he broke his thumb in practice. Davis told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free-Press that ...

In the case of a Grade 2 strain, your healthcare professional will most likely immobilize your thumb with a splint or a thumb spica cast. You can also apply ice.

Some experts suggest that successful closed reduction and stable results make the use of a short-arm spica splint or cast immobilization possible (4, 7 – 9). However, in cases where closed reduction ...

De Quervain is treated with anti-inflammatory medications and a thumb spica splint that immobilizes the thumb which can help with mild or early symptoms. More severe cases may require cortisone ...

The corrected sentence appears below: “After 2 weeks, the palmar long-arm thumb spica splint was changed to a palmar long-arm thumb spica cast, recommended for additional 10 weeks.” Results: This ...

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For decades, the treatment for a young child with a broken femur has been the same: a surgically placed spica cast, commonly known as a body cast. But now, thanks to a new study led by Children's ...

The orthopedic resident told me to put a "thumb spica cast" on the guy's hand and have him follow up in the clinic. As a brand new surgical intern, I ...

The skin is then closed in a layered fashion and a thumb spica splint applied. The splint is changed to a short-arm thumb spica cast at suture removal for the remainding 6 weeks.