Skeletal traction pending surgery is not supported by the evidence.

Skeletal traction may be considered for long term treatment.

They are used for skeletal traction with the threads engaging the bone.

They come in different sizes and are used to hold bone fragments together (pin fixation) or to provide an anchor for skeletal traction.

There are two types of traction: skin traction and skeletal traction.

A spinal skeletal traction fixation device.

It can either be Skin Traction or Skeletal Traction.

If it is necessary to move the patient while skeletal traction is in place, the patient should be moved in the bed with weights hanging freely.

The metal tongs pinned to her skull had been replaced by a Ihead-and-neck brace, but her skeletal traction remained (attached directly to her bones.

Wally glanced from the spica cast to the Crutchfield tongs immobilizing her head, and to the skeletal traction anchored by pins at her right elbow and left leg.

She was thankful for the new head-and-neck brace that allowed her to turn her head a few degrees, and for the replacement of the hated skeletal traction by more conventional, less uncomfortable means of stabilizing her fractures.

The physician is typically responsible for initial application of traction and weights while the adjustment or removal (to perform ablution functions / physiotherapy) of skeletal traction weights will be based on the doctors charted plan.