Traction splint for lower extremity

Traction splints such as the one pictured here may be used in the initial management and transport of patients with femoral shaft fractures.

Reproduced with permission from: Pring M, Newton P. Femoral shaft. In: Rang's Children's Fractures, 4th ed, Wenger D (Ed), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2017. Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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