When a patient suffers a severe injury with multiple broken bones, doctors often implant pins and a metal frame into the body. The process of both inserting the clips and their eventual extraction requires surgery, meaning a period of healing and a painful recovery. While minerals help the body heal from injuries that would otherwise debilitate it, the process can still be challenging to get through.
Definition
Pins and related medical metals fall into the category of implants. Clamps help hold an injured body, broken or broken bones together long enough to heal and solidify again. Without the equipment, bent or deformed bones would heal with severe long-term ramifications. The clips that go into the body frequently incorporate stainless steel or titanium to prevent internal contamination.
Bone Surgery
The clips are inserted into the body through surgery. The device is generally not included in any type of patient procedure. Reserved mainly for compound fractures or cases in which the bones are clearly weak and ready to collapse, pins provide a stable framework to support the body in the interim. Surgery frequently involves a combination of instruments, so the clips are the only parts attached to the body. Plates, screws, and pins are attached to the affected bone, sometimes passing through the skin at times.
Application level
The use of a clamp is only considered when a surgeon who is involved in bone healing is necessary. For a simple broken bone, most people inject a plaster, which simply provides enough immobility until the bone heals. The clamps where the bone is broken by the crack, the bone breaks and must be contained, or it needs extra strength to prevent it from breaking again.
Risk of infection
In small body fat percentage patients they cannot accept the presence of the clamp internally. Even though they are made of surgical metal, the wear and tear begins to grow as the body rejects the equipment. Typical signs of infection include fever, pus and drainage from the needle insertion site, swelling and redness at the site of the injury. Doctors then decide whether to remove the pins, reattach them, or try another method of bone healing altogether.
Removal
In many cases, the medical staples are eventually removed. This process may be temporarily painful, but the body heals quickly. Typically, in the process of treating the patient, the doctor plays a role in assisting the removal of the nurse. However, the removal of the injured bone is not always completely healed. Patients note continued pain and less complete recovery, depending on the amount of injury and bone damage. Later, the patient may be assigned weeks or months of physical therapy to ensure adequate strength building and motor function are restored.
Sources:
Medline Plus: Fracture Bone Repair http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002966.htm
Cincinnati Factors Hospital: Elbow Fracture Care: December 2010
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/info/orthopaedics/home/elbow-fracture.htm
University of Maryland Medical Center: Bone Fracture Repair – Overview: July 2008 http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/002966.htm
Wrist Fractures: Treatment of Wrist Fractures: G.J. Packer: 2002 http://www.wristfracture.co.uk/treatments.htm
Mayo Clinic: Broken Leg – Treatment and Medicines http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/broken -leg/DS00978/DECTION=treatments and cosmetics
