Children who break a wrist can heal as well in a splint as a cast, a study has discovered. The advantage of a splint is that it can be removed occasionally to wash the arm or let it breathe or ...

In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective as a cast and provides greater comfort and easier hygiene, a new study finds. In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective ...

Participants were randomly assigned to receive either a prefabricated wrist splint or a short arm cast for four weeks. The primary outcome was physical function at six weeks, measured using the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests. The findings, researchers say ...

Removable splints and plaster ... fractures of the wrist, particularly in toddlers and preschool infants, which are currently being over-treated with a plaster cast and clinic follow-up ...

Topology-optimized splint ... cast for 6 weeks after surgery. Patients were then observed for another 6 weeks of rehabilitation. The primary outcome measure was the Gartland-Werley (GW) wrist ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The black Velcro bandage strapped on 3-year-old Ben Crotty's left arm looks like a Rollerblader's wrist ... the cast," Fernandez said. "These are not the 'off-the-rack' splints ...

The study compared the two most common treatments for wrist fracture—non-surgical treatment with cast immobilization and surgical treatment by using a volar-locking plate. The surgical treatment ...