Orthopedic Equipments

ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENTS

TRACTIONS

TRACTION 

Is the act of pulling and drawing which is associated with counter traction

TYPES OF TRACTIONS: Fixed 6. Sliding 5.

FIXED TRACTION  traction is applied against a counter force

while the pull is continuous and intact  Example: Hare Traction used by

paramedics during rescues

SLIDING TRACTION  The patient’s weight is balanced against

an applied load making use of the gravitational pull to counter balance the applied traction  Example: Crutchfield Tong while the bed

is tilted by shock blocks

TRACTION APPLICATION: Skin - adhesive straps are applied to the skin while the pull is offered by a weight Skeletal - a pin is driven across the bone to provide an excellent hold while the weight is likewise attached

COTREL

BRYANT’S SKIN TRACTION 

Femoral Fractures, Hip Injuries among kids below 3 years old

BOOT CAST TRACTION Hip and Femoral affection  Post polio/ Knee Contracture 

HALO PELVIC 

Scoliosis

HALO FEMORAL 

Severe Scoliosis

90 - 90 DEGREES 

Subtrochonteric Fracture of Femur

DUNLOP’S SKIN TRACTION 

Supracondylar Fracture of the Humerus

HAMMOCK SUSPENSION 

Pelvic Affection

> Malgain Fracture

HEAD HALTER 

Cervical Spine affection

PELVIC GIRDLE 

Lumbo-Sacral affection, Herniated Nucleus Pulposus

Zero Degrees 

Fracture of surgical neck of the Humerus

BUCK’S EXTENSION 

Femur and Hip affection

MODIFIED BUCK’S EXTENSION

Overhead

COTREL HEAD HALTER & PELVIC-GIRDLE

The theory behind traction: by applying weights to injured or diseased bones and muscles, you pull them into alignment, immobilize them and allow them to heal properly

BRACES

MILWAUKEE BRACE 

Scoliosis

FORESTER 

Cervico- Thoraco- Lumbar Affection Spine

TAYLOR 

Upper Thoracic

SHANTZ COLLAR 

Cervical affection

BANJO SPLINT 

Peripheral Nerve Injury

DENISE BROWN SPLINT 

Clubfoot

BILATERAL LEG BRACE 

Post Polio and Residual Paralysis

YAMAMOTO 

Scoliosis

FOUR POSTER EXTERNAL IMMOBILIZER 

Spinal Cord Injury

CASTS & MOLDS

PLASTER CAST - a temporary immobilizing device which is made of gypsum sulfate rendered anhydrous by calcinations when mixed with water, swells and forms into a hard cement

1 ½ HIP SPICA 

Hip and Femur

FIBER CAST

BODY CAST 

Lower Dorso- Lumbar Spine

CAST BRACE  

To allow flexion and extension Fracture of the distal 3rd Femur & proximal 3rd of fibula & fibula

ORTHO HARDWARE

HYBRID EXTERNAL FIXATOR 

Fracture of Tibia Fibula

ROGER ANDERSON EXTERNAL FIXATOR 

Comminuted Fracture for long bones

ROGER ANDERSON

MINI RAEF

ILIZAROV EXTERNAL FIXATOR 

Comminuted Fracture: Non healing

SKIN STAPLER 

For Post-Op Skin Suture

HEMOVAC SUCTION DRAINAGE 

For Post- Op Drainage

SPACER: ANTIBIOTIC 

Replacement for infected prothesis

SUBLUMINAR WIRING 

Spine

ANTIBIOTIC BEADS 

Post- op medication for Osteomyelitis

Nail Extractor- IMN

CHAIR BACK- lumbo sacral affection 

Back- Lumbo Sacral

Bone Drill- manual & electric

KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

Bone Wax-for the hip arthroplasty