> I teach that the one thing you do NOT do is use traction after I
> degloved an old lady's forearm. It is possible to disimpact by
> gently wiggling the radial styloid, and this is also much less
> painful.
>
Rowley,
You are worrying me. We have had little problem with the finger
traps and traction method over a couple of years, but do not have
enough experience to have met the rare complications. Was the
degloving during manual reduction or using weights? If using weights
how much was used?
Many thanks for sharing your complications - too many people
would hide them rather than discuss them.
Tim.
Timothy J Coats MD FRCS FFAEM
Senior Lecturer in Accident and Emergency / Pre-Hospital Care
Royal London Hospital, UK.
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