Balkan frame

Balkan frame
Bal·kan frame 'bȯl-kən- n a frame employed in the treatment of fractured bones of the leg or arm that provides overhead weights and pulleys for suspension, traction, and continuous extension of the splinted fractured limb

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a rectangular frame attached to and overhanging a bed; particularly useful in allowing bedridden patients to move more effectively and for attachment of splints. Called also Balkan splint.

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  • Balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction. [1925 30; so called because first used in the BALKAN MOUNTAINS] * * * …   Universalium

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