Orthopedic Aids and Surgical Dressings

Orthopedic aids and surgical dressings are various kinds of materials like bandages, gauzes, gels, hydrocolloids, alginates and polysaccharide pastes that provide protection, support and healing from various conditions like injuries, wounds, fractures, incisions during operations etc. There are various standards in the medical field like BP, USP, IP, GMP etc that define the quality, purity, identity, and strength of these medical products manufactured worldwide. The dressings manufactured according to these standards are considered to be the safest and most hygienic products which prevent the risks of infections and other problems that may result due to unhygienic ones. The following are some of the types of orthopedic aids and surgical dressings used widely all over the world to ensure the safest, most hygienic and quick healing from various physical hurt situations like injuries, wounds and fractures.

Plaster of Paris Bandage

The orthopedic plaster of paris bandage refers to body or surgical cast made from calcined gypsum material popular by name plaster of paris. This is a cotton bandage impregnated with plaster of paris that hardens after wetting. The main purpose of these plaster of paris bandages is to encase a limb in order to hold a broken bone in place until the healing is confirmed. Plaster of Paris Bandage B.P. is one of the widely used and best varieties of plaster bandages that are manufactured according to British Pharmacopeia quality standards. These are high quality bandages made of best quality leno weave fabrics. These are extremely safe to use and provide protection from allergies. These are effective to use in all types of fractures, luxations and subluxations for correction and prevention of soft tissue injuries, quick healing and deformities.

Elastic Adhesive Bandage

An elastic adhesive bandage is a cohesive bandage that is commonly used to wrap limbs. It has good sticking property and does not get loosen over time. This kind of bandage adheres to itself, but not to other surfaces such as hair or skin and therefore is sometimes used to wrap the legs of animals as it will not stick to their hair and can be easily removed. The elastic adhesive bandage B.P is one of the high quality adhesive elastic bandages that is famous for its elastic property. It is widely used in nursing homes, hospitals, medical centers etc. for dressing a wound or a cut because of its antiseptic and astringent qualities that provide quick healing of wounds.

Apart from these some commonly used medical aids include cotton crepe bandages, adhesive tapes, chlorhexidine gauze dressings, paraffin gauze sterile dressings, sterilized eye pads, povidone iodine non-adherent tulle dressings, cast paddings that are used in various orthopedic and surgical conditions.