TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent satisfaction comparing two bandage materials used during serial casting in infants
AU - Coss, H. Steven
AU - Hennrikus, William L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Naval Clinical Investigation Program No. S-93-094. This paper was previously presented at the annual American Orthopaedic Association Resident's Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 1995, and at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 1995. *
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PY - 1996/8
Y1 - 1996/8
N2 - Plaster of Paris was compared with semirigid fiberglass casting material during serial casting in 17 infants with clubfoot or rigid metatarsus adductus. Semirigid fiberglass was statistically superior in its durability, convenience, performance, and ease of removal. The average amount of time for home cast removal by the parents was 55 minutes for plaster of Paris and 21 minutes for semirigid fiberglass. Complications such as skin abrasions and cast slip-off were similar for both casting materials. Ninety-four percent of parents strongly preferred semirigid fiberglass rather than plaster of Paris for their child's serial casting.
AB - Plaster of Paris was compared with semirigid fiberglass casting material during serial casting in 17 infants with clubfoot or rigid metatarsus adductus. Semirigid fiberglass was statistically superior in its durability, convenience, performance, and ease of removal. The average amount of time for home cast removal by the parents was 55 minutes for plaster of Paris and 21 minutes for semirigid fiberglass. Complications such as skin abrasions and cast slip-off were similar for both casting materials. Ninety-four percent of parents strongly preferred semirigid fiberglass rather than plaster of Paris for their child's serial casting.
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U2 - 10.1177/107110079601700809
DO - 10.1177/107110079601700809
M3 - Article
C2 - 8863028
AN - SCOPUS:0029787786
SN - 1071-1007
VL - 17
SP - 483
EP - 486
JO - Foot and Ankle International
JF - Foot and Ankle International
IS - 8
ER -