{"title":"Long-arm Charnley splint.","authors":"D Evans, W B Rodgers","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fractures of the distal forearm--the eponymic Colles' or Smith's fractures--are among the most common injuries treated by the orthopaedist. Most of these fractures are amenable to closed reduction and immobilization. A new modification of the Charnley splint is presented for use in the acutely injured patient. The major advantages of this new splint are decreased weight and ease of application.</p>","PeriodicalId":79846,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary orthopaedics","volume":"28 6","pages":"505-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contemporary orthopaedics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Fractures of the distal forearm--the eponymic Colles' or Smith's fractures--are among the most common injuries treated by the orthopaedist. Most of these fractures are amenable to closed reduction and immobilization. A new modification of the Charnley splint is presented for use in the acutely injured patient. The major advantages of this new splint are decreased weight and ease of application.