Yes, they do that if it's a complex fracture. A nasty one - armour type... My friend had one with elevated arm and he only needed a lampshade to finish off the look. Now more probably they'd use pins to keep the bones together.
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Yes, they do that if it's a complex fracture. A nasty one - armour type... My friend had one with elevated arm and he only needed a lampshade to finish off the look.
Now more probably they'd use pins to keep the bones together.