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conservative treatment

noun

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  1. A treatment that does not include any operation or intervention.

    • Operative treatment should be reserved for those patients in whom conservative treatment has failed and who are motivated with regard to sports.
    • For the treatment of humeral shaft fractures, conservative treatment still competes with the operative approach to a much greater degree than is the case for fractures of the long bones of the lower extremity.
    • Conservative treatment could also include short-arm casting with the fingers and thumb free for 2-6 weeks.

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