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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1933;15:1015-1016.
© 1933 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

A PLASTER-OF-PARIS BUTTRESS FOR USE IN CASES OF FRACTURE OF THE HUMERUS TREATED BY MEANS OF TRACTION IN A THOMAS SPLINT

JOSEPH B. STENBUCK M.D., F.A.C.S.1

1 The Surgical Service, Harlem Hospital

The Thomas splint, with traction by means of a simple Spanish windlass mechanism, affords a simple, efficient, and economical method of treatment for fracture of the humerus. There is occasionally, however, the disadvantage of too great a localized pressure against the chest wall with accompanying pain and skin necrosis. This disadvantage may be overcome by the application of a plaster-of-Paris buttress (which is a modified jacket), allowing for the diffuse distribution of pressure of the ring of the Thomas splint and the resultant relief of pain.


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