In order to perform skeletal traction, the patient must be stabilized by means of the retention belts according to the criteria described for their safe use. Failure to observe the correctness of these procedures can result in serious harm to the patient
En medicina veterinaria la traccion esquelética intraquirurgica (IST)no se utiliza normalmente para reducir fracturas, a pesarde que en cirurgia ortopedica humana se utiliza ampliamente, habiendo demostrado que se proporciona grandes beneficios