Pin and plaster technique in the management of fracture of long bones

There are literally innumerable recognized methods of the fracture management. Many of them are transient in popularity and limited in application. A principle of fracture management should be directed so as to reduce fractured bones with least trauma. in as near an anatomical position as possible and maintain the reduction by any method or combination of methods available. Fractures should be evaluated individually taking into consideration such factors as age, occupation, activities, diasthesis, sex of the patient and type, location and multiplicity of the fracture, and extent of damage to adjacent soft tissues. Fractures in children are different from those in adults. Fractures in the aged in whom osteoporosis is an added problem are also different and deserve special care. The pin and plaster technique in the management of fracture of the long bone in our opinion, is a definite adventage in selected cases, although not without limitation in its application. Eight cases of long bone fractures in the young adults, among whom one had bilateral femur fractures; five in the femur and four in the tibia. were treated with this technique at S.N.U.H. from December 1963 to the time of this writing. In all the cases. satisfactory results were obtained. The 8 cases were presented here and details of the technique are described along with its adventages and disadventages.