A shoulder spica cast is used to help support the shoulder after surgery or injury while it heals. It may also be used to stretch a tight shoulder. The cast is usually applied in the operating room …

A shoulder spica is a cast that fits around your child’s chest, shoulder and arm. It helps keep your child’s shoulder in a certain position to keep it from moving. A shoulder spica cast: • Is used for …

A shoulder and arm cast, also known as shoulder spicas, are specialized casts that fit around your torso to support the shoulder and arm. Although awkward to wear, the cast will stabilize the …

What is a Shoulder Spica? A shoulder plaster spica is a plaster cast that is made to fit around your chest, shoulder and arm. This is to keep the limb immobilised, supported and protect the …

The shoulder spica cast is a special type of cast used to immobilize the shoulder and elbow following a shoulder dislocation or certain shoulder surgeries

Shoulder dislocations or after surgery on the shoulder area. Applied around the neck and trunk of the body. After surgery on the neck or upper back area. Applied to the area below the knee to …

The shoulder spica is necessary after shoulder muscle transfer surgery in babies with BBPI. However, its application can be difficult in the supine position under anesthesia. The authors …

Here we report a novel use of a shoulder spica cast in the treatment of a midshaft humerus fracture in the presence of limb deficiency. Current treatments proved unsuccessful in …

A shoulder spica cast is used to support the shoulder as it recovers following surgery or injury. It may also be used to stretch a tight shoulder. The cast is usually applied in the operating room …

Cast types fall into two primary types - upper extremity and lower extremity. One-and-one-half hip spica cast – applied from the chest to the foot on one leg to the knee of the other leg. A bar is …