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Skeletal traction can be used to treat a fracture, temporarily stabilize an instability or reduce a deformity prior to a surgical procedure. It may be used to immobilize the cervical spine after a surgical procedure.
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Bancel, P., Dubousset, J.F. (2019). Technique of Cervical Traction. In: Koller, H., Robinson, Y. (eds) Cervical Spine Surgery: Standard and Advanced Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93432-7_60
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