The patient is brought into the emergency department after falling on the ice in her driveway.She is suspected of having a fractured hip.After comparing different available types of traction, she anticipates that which of the following will be used?

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Buck's extension provides temporary immobilization of a hip fracture until open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) can be performed.It also reduces muscle spasms, contractures, and dislocations and occasionally is used as an interim treatment for lumbosacral muscle spasms that cause low back pain.Bryant's traction (called Gallows in England) is no longer used because of the risk for gravitational vascular draining of the extremities and the possible tourniquet effect of bandages, triggering vasospasms and avascular necrosis.Dunlop's traction is a simultaneous horizontal form of Buck's extension to the humerus with an accompanying vertical Buck's extension to the forearm.

The Patient Is Brought into the Emergency Department After Falling