Talk:Orthopedic cast

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Oh come now. We certainly can manage a better picture than this. Any wikipedians out there have a broken limb?--Crucible Guardian 9 July 2005 02:37 (UTC)

I just took a picture with my cell phone and updated it (top picture). I think that even at that quality it is better than the old one and that it adds more substance to the article. I am willing to prepare a better picture, I will probably do so this weekend, as it will be removed monday in favour of a plexiglass cast. Epgui (talk) 01:35, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Plaster cast removal
Need information about the tools used to cut off casts. What blades are used and how does the orthopedic doctor avoid cutting skin?

A small mains powered plaster saw is used, which has a specially designed blade that vibrates at low amplitude. In this way it will only cut stiff materials like the plaster, but not soft bandages or skin.

Agnellous 15:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

How much does it weigh?
Any idea how much an arm cast might weigh? ```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wendy.comer (talk • contribs) 15:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC).

Merger proposal
The Surgical cast article is currently a subset of Orthopedic cast. Google shows 2,360 results for Surgical cast and 17,200 for Orthopedic cast. Any objections to making Surgical cast a redirect? -- Zigger  &laquo;&ordm;&raquo; 07:34, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Going ahead. 4pq1injbok (talk) 14:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Alternative jargon
I'm currently wearing a short leg cast, but the Surgeon and technician had some strange name for it. Very much jargon, rather then just a UK/US difference, but maybe a quite old medical term, and maybe a particular sort of this class of casts.

I wish I'd taken notes.

Anyone know enough to add to the naming of casts? 88.109.190.126 (talk) 14:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Humor in the media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvT8rF6d1A is a funny Ernest video faturing a cast that you may wish to refer to. Jidanni (talk) 21:00, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't see how it is even remotely notable or encyclopedic, but that's maybe just me. --Muhandes (talk) 19:28, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Separate article for oscillating saw?
Many of the citations in this article concern the special tool used to remove casts. It's the main picture in the article, and see the comment below from 2006 looking for more info. I suspect many visitors look for information on the tool specifically - people are curious about how it can cut the cast off safely - which lacks its own page. This page sends people to reciprocating saw which does not mention casts and does not provide answers, as the mechanism is different.

Thoughts on breaking out the oscillating cast-removal saw into its own article? One could lift material + sources from this article, plus that of its inventor, Homer Stryker. I'm a layperson and don't know what it would be called - vibrating saw? The vibrating mechanism seems significantly different than a reciprocating saw (according to patents as well as practical usage)... a sawzall will attack anything, while the vibrating saw for cast removal is designed not to cut skin.

Greenth (talk) 11:22, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

How long (mm or inches) is "just below the elbow"? Should elbow joint be able to move from about 0 degrees to 180 degrees?
From this wikipedia article: "Upper extremity casts are those which encase the arm, wrist, and/or hand. A long arm cast encases the arm from the hand to about 2 inches below the arm pit, leaving the fingers and thumbs free. A short arm cast, in contrast, stops just below the elbow. Both varieties may, depending on the injury and the doctor's decision, include one or more fingers or the thumb, in which case it is called a finger spica or thumb spica cast".

ee1518 (talk) 09:09, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

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 * Purple short leg cast.JPG