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Wrist fracture - cast is "*mono-valved*" and wrapped with an - ace wrap - tia nm


Posted: Aug 13, 2011

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Monovalve cast - I think you have it right

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It's just weird wording.I can't find a reliable source for you though, sorry. Google around monovalve cast and monovalve brace and see if you are comfortable using it. I don't mean that snarky, I simply mean it like, I didn't feel like anything I found was worth saying I am 100% right but I found enough that I would feel comfortable with it.

Here is an example - of what I found

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004085/

If you search on the word monovalve you'll see it refers to a "monovalve technique" for making the back brace.


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