Balanced traction allows for greater patient movement and independencethan other forms of traction.
Often, skeletal traction is balanced traction, which supports the affectedextremity, allows for some patient movement, and facilitates patientindependence and nursing care while maintaining effective traction. It is notportable, however, and it cannot be removed. Bone remodeling takes longer than 4 days.
Some femur fractures require the insertion of a pin into the child's damaged bone, which is then attached to the weights. The term "balanced skeletal traction" describes this. The weights maintain the position of the bone's components so that the bone may repair properly.
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