How to make a brace with a thermoplastic splint?

  Surgeons of my age with thirty years of working experience have witnessed different eras when casting techniques were over-used, abused, and underused. Twenty-five years ago, nearly all patients with fractures, irrespective of their sites and nature, were treated with casting alone. That was an era of overuse and abuse. Nowadays, we see the hairline fracture of the tibia being nailed. This is over-used of operative means and under-used of casting technique. Surgeons should refrain from either extreme. This volume should offer them support and help.   Without the knowledge of the casting material being used and without the understanding of basic biomechanical principles,  thermoplastic splints cannot be properly applied. Apprenticeship alone is not the best solution to A thermoplastic splints application. Functional A thermoplastic splints s advocated by Sarmiento and functional components incorporated in A thermoplastic splints s like hinges and reinforcements a...