Use of thomas splint in salvaging free flaps of the lower limb in violent postoperative patients

The Lucknow splint

“…Conventionally, postoperative limb splinting has been achieved by a plaster of paris slab, a Bohler Brown splint[1] or even a Thomas splint. [2] A search of the relevant literature shows that others have also been faced with the same dilemma, and hence there are reports of some innovative splint designs like the Modified Pillow splint. [3]…”

Modified pillow splint

“…A Bohler Braun splint[ 1 ] has also been useful, but again is not very stable. Use of Thomas Splint[ 2 ] has been described. However, it does not allow the foot to be free in cases of circumferential coverage of foot defects with free flaps.…”