short-arm cast

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short-arm cast,

an orthopedic cast applied to immobilize the hand or wrist, incorporating the hand below the wrist. The short-arm cast is used in treating fractures, for maintaining postoperative positioning, and for correcting or maintaining the correction of deformities of the hand and the wrist. Compare long-arm cast. See also cast.

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