Sir,
In my career as a hand surgeon, going back almost 40 years, I have used the invaginated pillowslip as a means of directing the hand upwards after injury or surgery for as long as I can remember.
I come from a farming background, and the idea was prompted by the custom of farm workers turning a meal bag into itself, just like the pillow sling, to provide head and shoulder cover in heavy rain.
I would like to add a recommendation to the article by Misra et al
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. Their figure shows the limb suspended in the sling, and the use of the word ‘sling’ also implies that. The elbow should be, at all times, resting on a pillow, since there is a risk that the proximal edge of the sling, where it crosses the upper arm, might cause some constriction, with obvious consequences.Yours faithfully,
References
- The pillowcase sling after hand surgery.Br J Plast Surg. 2002; 55: 460-461
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