Modern Casts for a Broken Bone




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Broke a bone and need a cast? Well, forget those big, heavy casts that your friends could write on. <a href="https://healthcare.utah.edu/fad/mddetail.php?physicianID=u0035500">Dr. Tom Miller</a> speaks with <a href="https://healthcare.utah.edu/fad/mddetail.php?physicianID=u6008387">Dr. Bruce Thomas</a>, an orthopedic surgeon, to discuss how physicians now use lighter, fiberglass casts to help bones heal instead of the heavier Plaster of Paris casts from earlier times.