If this inner layer of the cast gets wet, it can cause skin irritation and even infection. Plaster casts can even start to fall apart when they get wet. It’s important to keep a cast as dry as ...

dislocated his right thumb in an accident and had to live with his right hand fixed in a cast. Strict waterproofing is required when taking a bath. When fixing the leg with a cast, it is OK to cover ...

The medical practice of immobilizing fractured limbs with a cast has been around for a long, long time. Researchers uncovered that the earliest known surgical text, “The Edwin Smith Papyrus,” circa ...

Casts and splints haven’t changed much since they were first used to treat fractures: uncomfortable to wear, hard to shape, and incompatible with water. Steve Ingel, president of the Bracing & ...

Cast21, developed by engineering grads from the University of Illinois, is an elegant sleeve of silicone tubes that wind around a broken limb and are then injected with polyurethane, which hardens the ...

CHICAGO — The black Velcro bandage strapped on 3-year-old Ben Crotty’s left arm looks like a Rollerblader’s wrist guard, but it’s really a mini medical milestone. It’s today’s answer to the cast. Once ...

A wrist fracture is a break in a wrist bone. It is often the result of a fall or trauma. The most common cause of this injury is a fall on an outstretched hand. A wrist fracture is a break in one of ...