What is a Robert Jones dressing?
The Robert Jones dressing is a thick, padded bandage classically applied to the thigh and leg. It is thought to reduce swelling by applying even pressure to the extremity, which in turn should promote healing.
What are the indications of bandage?
Indications for bandaging: Fragile, damaged or ulcerated skin, lymphorrhoea (weeping skin), distortion in shape, limb too large to fit hosiery, deep skin folds, chronic skin changes.
Why does Robert Jones have a bandage?
Application of a traditional Robert Jones bandage can simply provide transient support of injuries distal to the elbow and stifle in dogs and cats. This bandage is commonly used for initial treatment of antebrachial and crural fractures and for fractures, instability, and luxations of the distal extremities.
What are some complications that can occur with bandaging?
Bandage Too Tight. A bandage that is too tight can lead to pressure sores and irritation, which can cause the patient to chew at the bandage (Figure 1).
What is a Jones cast?
We call “the Jones dressing cast” a sterile dressing similar to the “Jones compression bandage” modified with an encircling plaster applied immediately post-op which remains in place for a relevant amount of days. The original bandage described by Jones in 1921 was a thick, soft padding as surgical dressing of wounds.
When do you use a Robert Jones bandage?
This bandage is commonly used for initial treatment of antebrachial and crural fractures and for fractures, instability, and luxations of the distal extremities. When the bandage is applied correctly, compression is evenly distributed to underlying tissues.
When to remove a bandaging on a dog?
Any bandage change that was necessary through their stay, I’d get in there and do some massage, passive range of motion, and cryotherapy. Post-op, Physical therapy on the affected limb is important for healing. Bandages can inhibit this, so should be removed as soon as possible to enable physical therapy to begin.
What kind of padding do you use for Robert Jones?
3. Get padding. Start your secondary layer of the bandage using something that provides padding for comfort. Popular choices include Askina® Soft Pad (B Braun) and Soffban® (BSN Medical). Unlike a full Robert Jones, which is designed to immobilise, we only need a small layer for comfort.
Where do you put a bandage on a broken leg?
For these reasons a temporary bandage is applied to an injured limb. This bandage is appropriate for trauma below the stifle (knee) or below the elbow. The axilla (armpit) and the groin limit how high this type of bandage can be placed, and so fractures of the humerus and femur would receive poor support and protection.