TY - JOUR
AU - Shea, Raelene
AB - by Raelene Shea O.T. Reg. Mold the san-splint, with polycushion on the skin This particular style of sling was developed for a patient side, over the shoulders and back of the neck. Secure who had severe muscle wasting of the left arm and this with a tensor in a figure 8 manner. shoulder girdle due to severence of both radial and Cut vinyl material as per pattern below. median nerves. In addition, the patient had a mid-shaft 5. Join the pointed ends of the vinyl, wrong sides fracture of the left humerus externally fixated by a together, with a piece of 2" webbing between them. The Hoffman Device and skin degloving of the entire an- enough to reach from the vinyl webbing must be long terior aspect of both the forearm and upper arm and to the acromion process on the unaffected side, support- the axilla; all the result of a motor vehicle accident. ing the affected hand and distil § of the forearm parallel The sling was worn throughout the 4 month period to the waist. Rivet the webbing to the san-splint under required for use of the Hoffman Device and skin grafting the polycushion to avoid skin 
TI - Upper Limb Sling for Use with a Hoffman External Fixation Device
JF - Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
DO - 10.1177/000841748204900406
DA - 1982-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/upper-limb-sling-for-use-with-a-hoffman-external-fixation-device-VkmLOSXtbL
SP - 137
EP - 137
VL - 49
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -