Thomas Traction Splint for femur fractures - orthopaedic teaching video Cape Town

This is an orthopedic teaching video from orthopedic medical students on trauma or elective orthopedic surgery and relevant topics. These videos have been created by and for our medical students from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. This video shows how to apply a traction splint or Thomas Splint for femur fractures in orthopaedic trauma patients. It is part of the emergency management of femur fractures.

[@MbirireAsina]

Wow, thanks alot for this, so clear en educative

[@nolickspittle4753]

Absolutely brilliant - thanks you so much for this!

[@dr.manishrajendrakaspate3225]

Thank u for sharing this video ...really helpfull

[@TonyTarantula]

Fantastic video

[@Dr_ridge]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@omboigodffrey1768]

VERY INFORMATIVE

[@cholofelomalunga6744]

Thank you

[@shanthythomas5462]

Super method 👌

[@omarreda9187]

cutest and simplest VO :)

[@harshaharsha1666]

Tq mam

[@vishwasreddy1321]

Nice video ❤

[@journeyclips277]

The narrator is an internal reg now😅 great stuff

[@mrbillhicks]

I had my leg in traction for a week or so after fracturing my femur... Strange thing is, as I nodded off I would get this incredibly intense pain around the fracture as my muscles started to relax... I wondering if the muscles relaxing allowed the two parts of the bone to come together and touch briefly causing the pain ?... Years later I am getting a similar pain from my arthritic metatarsal just as a go to sleep or relax deeply.... Most excruciating pain I have ever endured was when I Had a sample of my thigh bone taken with a syringe... I thought they were taking a blood sample and when the syringe scraped the bone to extract the sample I screamed in shock and my thigh muscle tensed around the needle and the poor bloke couldn't withdraw it... He kept smacking my leg and telling me to relax !!! Fat chance. Anyone else had similar experiences ? Especially regarding the pain when drifting off...

[@positivevibe8853]

Hey how r u now?

[@sakshirai9038]

Hello,, my grandmother has got interchanteric fracture,,, how long will it take for her to recover from traction?

[@andrewchew312]

She needs dynamic screw fixation

[@andrewchew312]

Traction is just for temporary immobilization and pain reduction

[@amukenamosescrespo3749]

thamks

[@evergreen2993]

amar mayar ranar haddi vanga gasa ata ki plaster korla valo hoba

[@positivevibe8853]

Kemn ache akhn maa? Aktu bolben please

[@user-ut2ji7sx9o]

cvv

[@ThEKeeYs]

nice video but why she sounds like a child ,, that's really disturbing ngl

[@nolickspittle4753]

No at all. She is a well spoken and polite person.