Maintaining vertebral height and restoring lumbar lordosis may be important in the prevention of disability from back pain. If patients are neurologically impaired in association with low lumbar burst fractures, posterior decompression by laminotomy or a transpedicular approach is generally effective. Luque rods do not restore vertebral height and are only moderately effective in restoring lumbar lordosis. Harrington distraction rods improve vertebral height but produce loss of lumbar lordosis. If surgery is chosen, short rigid instrumentation (eg, transpedicular device) is best in accomplishing shorter fusion, maintaining vertebral height, and restoring lumbar lordosis. Conservative treatment of low lumbar burst fractures with body cast is a viable option in the neurologically intact patients with minimal height loss and minor angulation. This time is sometimes longer or shorter, depending on your age, general health and type of fracture. There was a lot of traffic on the M25 one day, and after getting stuck in a jam for half. On average, plaster casts stay on for about six weeks. On my way to work I have to take the dreaded motor-way that circles London. It was a typical Friday morning and I was traveling to work in my car. cast room, where four ortho- pedic residents were preparing to slather my body with the sticky, smelly goop that would harden and become my body cast. Last Updated (3 pages, Fiction) Lynn's Leg 106 hits last week Read Story Awesome story, might be from NurseSindy, well worth the read. Persistent complaints of back pain seemed to be found more in patients with long instrumentation and fusion and in patients with loss of lordosis. Rating: GenreFiction Pages11 Characters22,448 Carolines Memories Of Her Horrific Accident. An story about the application of a full body cast onto a beautiful woman, written as a love letter. Average follow-up for 27 of the 31 patients was 46 months. Thirty-one low lumbar burst fractures (元-L5) were treated from 1981 through 1989. You don't need gloves as I find when you smooth the modroc down it is easier to feel what you are doing.Burst fracture of the low lumbar spine are rare and have not been well delineated in the literature. Please note, to do the job successfully, you will also need petroleum jelly to cover delicate areas (body hair) otherwise the plaster will painfully pull it off when you remove the mould ! You will also need some old clothes (if you are the modeller) and some polythene to cover the kitchen floor as there is dripping water with the process. Other kits skimp on quantity - ours will ensure you do a proper job - TWICE ! This means you can wrap your torso in at least 4 layers making it really strong and it will stand painting or varnishing afterwards without sagging. It contains ample plaster bandage to do two first class casts. So, take the chance to have some fun with this basic kit plus fantastic help sheet. Take a look at the wonderful painted casts in our images. We stock a vast range of acrylic paints in our shop. The finished product can be left natural, or you can separately purchase gorgeous gold, silver or antique copper or a huge selection of other paints to decorate wildly to your hearts desire. It is also easy to do with a lot of help from the help sheet provided. It is great fun for partner and older children or even a good mate (and can't be done without their help) and gets them involved in the serious business of bonding with baby before he/she arrives. It will enable you to remember forever how you looked during your pregnancy and the special nine months you shared with your growing baby.(Professional bodycasters sometimes do a moulding then a plaster casting which is a double process - both tricky and time-consuming) This kit does it the easy way by encasing your belly and also your breasts in plaster of paris bandage to make a near replica of your shape.The help sheet is worth its weight in gold and nobody else does one as good (maybe because they have never used Modroc as extensively as we have). The kit is sent in a plain bag, so if its for a gift, you would need to gift wrap the kit yourself. This kit simply contains 8 rolls of top quality medical grade super safe 15cm wide Plaster Bandages (over 1.7kg in weight!) and a detailed Help Sheet.THE PERFECT GIFT TO YOURSELF OR A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE.The kit enables you to do two simple, effective mouldings of your shape- your whole bump and breasts. So you have fun practising your technique before making your final cast or give a kit to a friend as well THIS LARGE BUT SIMPLE KIT COMES WITH GREAT INSTRUCTIONS AND ENOUGH PLASTER BANDAGE TO MAKE 2 FULL FRONTAL CASTS FROM NECK TO CROTCH. A SPECIAL WAY TO REMEMBER HOW AMAZING YOU LOOKED WHEN YOU WERE PREGNANT AND WHAT A UNIQUE TIME IT WAS FOR YOU AND YOUR GROWING BABY - IN 3D
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