ORTHOPEDIC

EQUIPMENTS
TRACTIONS
 TRACTION

 Is the act of pulling and drawing which is

associated with counter traction

TYPES OF TRACTIONS:
5. Fixed
6. Sliding
 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