Clinical practice and nursing management of pre-operative skin or skeletal traction for hip fractures in elderly patients: A cross-sectional three-institution study

Conclusionsand recommendations: Based on the data and the literature revision, skin or skeletal traction for patients with proximal femoral fractures should be discouraged as standard practice. This is supported widely in the internationally literature, and consideration of knowledge translation strategies should be made to refine current practice in these settings.
Source: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - Category: Nursing Source Type: research