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spica cast
(redirected from Orthopedic cast)

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spica cast,
an orthopedic cast applied to immobilize part or all of the trunk of the body and part or all of one or more extremities. It is used to treat various fractures, such as of the hip and the femur, and to correct or maintain the correction of hip deformities. Kinds of spica casts are bilateral long-leg spica cast, one-and-a-half spica cast, shoulder spica cast, and unilateral long-leg spica cast. See also cast.

SPICA cast
Orthopedic surgery A body cast that fits over both legs, encasing the lower body from the nipple line down


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