Zero-cast WX fracture stabilisation
Zero-cast WX is a state-of-the-art fracture stabilisation system. It offers clinicians and their patients a tamper proof, lightweight, adjustable, hygienic, waterproof solution for the treatment of wrist fractures and injuries requiring stabilisation
Stable fracture functional joint
The Zero-Cast WX design is motivated by Prof Sir John Charnley’s 3-point fracture fixation system and Professor Augusto Sarmiento’s work on functional cast bracing. Using advanced materials and modern manufacturing techniques, Zero-Cast engineers and the principle designing surgeon were able to create a system that stabilises the fracture while retaining joint fixation (see illustration below)
Casting
Heavy itchy smelly
Bathing and showering difficult
Lengthy application time
Joint stiffness and skin irritation,
Awkward bulky and cumbersome
Difficult to wear normal clothes
Removal can be traumatic for patients
Splinting and bracing
Less stable
Easily tempered with
Unable to get wet [showering slash bathing]
May restrict unaffective joints
Lower patient compliance
Less secure
Potentially more painful
For health care professionals
How to apply the Zero-cast WX
Clinical indications Zero-Cast WX
The letters ‘WX’ mean wrist fracture. The WX version of the Zero—cast can be used to treat almost any distal radius fracture that would normally be treated with a plaster cast.
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