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Ulnar fracture emergency interventions

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2] ;

Overview

An important fact in facing an ulnar fracture is to stabilize the arm to prevent or limit neurovascular injury from sharp bone fragments occurred during the fractures.

Emergency interventions

In an emergency situations facing the trauma caused the ulnar fracture you have to do the following [1][2]:

  • Immobilize the forearm and upper arm
  • provide effective analgesia
  • Identify other injuries
  • perform a complete physical examination to exclude other injuries.
  • Assess the injured forearm.
  • Obtain appropriate radiographs
  • Treat the injury expeditiously
  • Apply a splint (like a cast)

References

  1. Hsu H, Siwiec RM. PMID 29763155. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Meena S, Sharma P, Sambharia AK, Dawar A (2014). “Fractures of distal radius: an overview”. J Family Med Prim Care. 3 (4): 325–32. doi:10.4103/2249-4863.148101. PMC 4311337. PMID 25657938.

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