{"id":217,"date":"2022-11-24T07:40:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T07:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exdol.com\/archivos\/217"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:20:37","slug":"did-you-know-that-casts-are-less-and-less-used-in-case-of-breakages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exdol.com\/en\/sabias-que-los-yesos-cada-vez-se-utilizan-menos-cuando-hay-roturas\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know that casts are less and less used when there are breaks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those white plaster casts with the signatures and drawings of all our friends already<strong> will only be a memory for many<\/strong> of us and that today's children may not live, because splints are increasingly being used for broken bones.<br \/>\nCasts and splints are intended to immobilise musculoskeletal injuries, reduce pain, and promote recovery, but they differ in their risks, indications, and benefits. Obviously, it is the physician who must make an accurate diagnosis, as well as assess the severity, stage, and stability of the injury to decide whether to use a cast, an intermediate option is to use an immovable splint, and the last alternative is an adjustable splint that is easily removed and put on.<\/p>\n<p>The casts provide superior immobilisation, but <strong>have higher complication rates<\/strong> and are generally reserved for more complex and definitive fracture repairs.<br \/>\nHowever, splints are only rigid on one or two sides, they provide a place of support and stabilisation for the fracture, reducing movement of the affected area and pain. Aside from the fact that splints are much more comfortable to wear than\u00a0<span class=\"hiddenGrammarError\">plasters<\/span>\u00a0They also reduce the risk of further injury and allow the area to increase in volume due to the inflammatory process, which casts cannot do.<\/p>\n<p>In reference to the pain perceived during the first days after the fracture, the painful sensation was slightly greater in the patients with a splint compared to those in plaster. With regard to bone recovery times, they were similar in both immobilisation alternatives.<br \/>\nKnowing the pros and cons of each, there is a clear winner for which one the specialists choose. According to surveys carried out in different emergency health centres on one of the most common injuries in children, the distal radial impalement fracture, 63% of the health workers fitted the patient with a removable splint as a method of immobilisation from the outset. If this percentage is broken down into different age groups, a splint was used in 76% of the patients.\u00a0<span class=\"hiddenGrammarError\">children<\/span>\u00a0while in adult it was a 55%.<\/p>\n<p>Wrist braces with splints can be made of different fabrics, one of the most commonly used is neoprene because it maintains an optimal temperature. <strong>promoting recovery from injury<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWithin the orthopaedic line of\u00a0<span class=\"hiddenSpellError\">Exdol<\/span>\u00a0different models of devices are available to help immobilise, support or correct different parts of the body according to the patient's needs and the indications advised by the specialist.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esos yesos blancos con las firmas y dibujos de todos nuestros amigos ya solo ser\u00e1n un recuerdo para muchos de nosotros y que posiblemente los ni\u00f1os de hoy en d\u00eda no vivir\u00e1n, porque cada vez se utilizan m\u00e1s las f\u00e9rulas en las roturas \u00f3seas. Los yesos y las f\u00e9rulas tratan de inmovilizar las lesiones m\u00fasculo-esquel\u00e9ticas, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"\u00bfYeso o f\u00e9rula? Conoce sus diferencias y beneficios","_seopress_titles_desc":"Las f\u00e9rulas son la opci\u00f3n preferida: c\u00f3modas, ajustables y reducen riesgos. Ideales para ni\u00f1os, mejoran la recuperaci\u00f3n frente al cl\u00e1sico yeso.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"\u00bfYeso o f\u00e9rula? 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