Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Porous and plastic: applied to a kind of porous felt, plastic when heated, used by surgeons.
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Examples
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When there is a tendency to re-displacement, the limb may be immediately enclosed in a rigid apparatus, such as lateral poroplastic splints retained in position by an elastic bandage, or a Cline's splint, which can readily be removed to admit of massage.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In a few days this appliance may be replaced by a poroplastic splint.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Some form of rigid apparatus, such as side poroplastic splints fixed in position with an elastic bandage, which will allow the patient to get about with crutches, is then applied.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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When the patient is allowed to get up, a poroplastic collar and jacket of the Minerva type which supports the head and controls the movement of the cervical and thoracic vertebræ must be worn until the cure is complete.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In the course of three weeks, lateral poroplastic splints retained by an elastic bandage may be substituted, and the patient allowed up on crutches.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Perhaps the most convenient is _poroplastic felt_, which consists of strong felt saturated with resin.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In uncomplicated cases, the treatment consists in immobilising the foot and leg in a poroplastic splint and applying massage.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Additional security may be given by a light poroplastic or gutta-percha splint fitted to the chin, the vertical portion passing well up the ramus of the jaw.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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In the course of a few days, a poroplastic splint may be substituted and massage commenced.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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A moulded poroplastic splint, which keeps the hand slightly dorsiflexed, adds to the comfort of the patient, but this should be removed daily to admit of movement and massage being employed.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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