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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 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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bilateral long-leg spica cast Bradford split frame cast one-and-a-half spica cast Pavlik harness shoulder spica cast unilateral long-leg spica cast | Lisa's family suffered another trauma when her 38-year-old sister Annmarie's baby daughter, Millie, then 18 months old, fractured her femur and had to be placed in a hip spica cast. Go to the doctor a few days later and get diagnosed with a non-displaced scaphoid fracture which has a recommended treatment of six weeks with a long arm thumb spica cast, followed by a short arm thumb spica cast for an additional six weeks. Fractures involving the thumb metacarpal shaft and base (distal to the joint surface) are treated in a thumb spica cast after reduction. |
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