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Material Science for Orthopaedic Trauma: Plaster of Paris, Synthetic Casting Materials, Instruments, Skeletal Traction and the Orthopaedic Bed

Year one notes for the Diploma in Orthopaedics and Trauma Medicine on the materials, tools and equipment used in the plaster room, the orthopaedic ward and the clinic. It works through plaster of Paris and its chemistry, plaster, synthetic and fibreglass bandages, the mechanical properties that decide which material to use, and the instruments and equipment from pins, screws, bolts and spreaders to oscillating cast saws and the orthopaedic bed, closing with skeletal traction for the femur.

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