History and portraits in fracture treatment

• Published in: Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 19 - 25
• Main Authors: Lesic, Aleksandar, Karovic, Bojan, Krivokapic, Branislav, Bumbasirevic, Marko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015

During the human history there were many attempts to treat fractures and injuries of extremities. Since Mathijsen and his plaster cast there was many attempts to make immobilization at the fracture site, to protect obtained reduction. Hugh Owen Thomas invent traction which greatly decrease mortality...