Functional bracing is now the gold standard in the nonoperative management of which fractures?: (A) Fracture shaft humerus, (B) Fracture of both bones of the forearm, (C) Fracture shaft tibia, (D) Fracture shaft Femur
Answer is A. FUNCTIONAL BRACINGprinciple-it relies on the hydrostatic splintage of the fracture due to contraction of muscles in a tight compament it has now become the gold standard of conservative management of humerus fractures(Refer: Mohindra's Fundamentals of Ohopedics, 2nd edition, pg no. 81)